- Brit a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legsOften shortened to: combs, coms
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combinations /ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃənz/ pl n
com•bi•na•tion /ˌkɑmbəˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] the act of combining or the state of being combined.
- a number of things combined:[countable]a combination of ideas.
- [countable] something formed by combining: A chord is a combination of notes.
- the set of numbers or letters used to open a lock or a safe:[countable]He forgot the combination to his locker.
com•bi•na•tion
(kom′bə nā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
com′bi•na′tion•al, adj.
- the act of combining or the state of being combined.
- a number of things combined:a combination of ideas.
- something formed by combining:A chord is a combination of notes.
- an alliance of persons or parties:a combination in restraint of trade.
- the set or series of numbers or letters used in setting the mechanism of a combination lock.
- the parts of the mechanism operated by this.
- ClothingOften, combinations. a suit of underwear in one piece.
- Mathematics
- the arrangement of elements into various groups without regard to their order in the group.
- a group thus formed. Cf. permutation (def. 1).
- Late Latin combīnātiōn- (stem of combīnātiō), equivalent. to combīnāt(us) combined (see combine, -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle French)
- Middle English combinacyoun (1350–1400
- 1. association, conjunction, union, coalescence, blending. 2. mixture, amalgamation, amalgam. 4. association, federation, league, coalition, cartel, combine, monopoly, bloc, cabal, conspiracy.
'combinations' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
assorted
- binomial theorem
- Chagall
- colorimeter
- colourway
- combination
- custom
- decimal system
- digital computer
- drum machine
- emoticon
- fruit machine
- grapheme
- great-
- harmony
- mahjong
- nouvelle cuisine
- oft
- patience
- piquet
- poker
- pontoon
- rationality
- stenotypy
- tautology
- Venn diagram
- wedding
- wind-chill
- antitrust
- art glass
- ASCII
- atom
- Braille
- card counter
- combinatorial
- combinatorial analysis
- complement
- componential analysis
- cribbage
- dietary law
- differential operator
- electric susceptibility
- elementary function
- English foxhound
- Epicureanism
- epistasis
- Fourier series
- foxhound
- fox trot
- gate