combination

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle English combinacioun, combynacyoun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin combīnātiō. Morphologically combine +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒmbɪˈneɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑmbɪˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

combination (countable and uncountable, plural combinations)

1. The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

   These guidelines should be followed in combination with those given last week.

   She took a dangerous combination of alcohol and heroin.

2. An object formed by combining.
3. A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.

   The combination to their safe was the date of birth of their first child.

4. (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
5. An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
6. (billiards) A shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.

   Synonyms: billiard, combination shot

7. A motorcycle and sidecar.
8. A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

Synonyms

• (act of combining): fusion, merger

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “act of combining”): division, separation
• (antonym(s) of “mathematics”): permutation

Derived terms

• affine combination
• anticombination
• combi
• combinational
• combination car
• combination drug
• combination fried rice
• combination lock
• combination pedal
• combination pliers
• combination problem
• combination product
• combination room
• combination salad
• combination sandwich
• combination skin
• combination tone
• combo
• combolin
• convex combination
• decombination
• exhausted combination
• intercombination
• linear combination
• multicombination
• noncombination
• recombination
• Ritz's combination principle
• Rydberg-Ritz combination principle
• subcombination
• triple combination

 

Related terms

• combinative
• combinatory
• combine

Translations

act of combining

• Asturian: combinación (ast)
• Bulgarian: съединение (bg) n (sǎedinenie), обединение (bg) n (obedinenie)
• Catalan: combinació (ca) f
• Dutch: combinatie (nl) f, verbinding (nl)
• Estonian: sobitama, kombineerima
• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), yhdistely (fi)
• French: combinaison (fr) f
• Galician: combinación (gl) f
• Georgian: კომბინირება (ḳombinireba), კომბინაცია (ḳombinacia)
• German: Kombinieren n
• Greek: συνδυασμός (el) m (syndyasmós)
• Irish: comhcheangal m
• Italian: combinazione (it)
• Japanese: 結合 (ja) (ketsugō), 統合 (ja) (togō), 合併 (ja) (gappei)
• Latin: combīnātiō f
• Maori: pahekotanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kombinasjon m

  Nynorsk: kombinasjon m

• Polish: kombinacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: combinação (pt) f
• Romanian: combinare (ro) f
• Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije), объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije)
• Spanish: combinación (es) f
• Swedish: kombination (sv) c (the state of...), kombinering c (the act of...)
• Tagalog: kalakipan
• Turkish: birleştirme (tr)

an object formed by combining

• French: combinaison (fr) f
• Georgian: კომბინაცია (ḳombinacia)
• German: Kombination (de) f, Kombinierte n, Kombinat (de) n (unusual)
• Greek: σχηματισμός (el) (schimatismós), συνένωση (el) (synénosi)

  Ancient: συμπλοκή f (sumplokḗ)

• Russian: объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije), соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije), сочета́ние (ru) n (sočetánije), комбина́ция (ru) f (kombinácija)

sequence of numbers or letters for a combination lock

• Bulgarian: комбинация (bg) f (kombinacija)
• Dutch: combinatie (nl) f
• Estonian: järjestus, kombinatsioon
• Finnish: yhdistelmä (fi)
• French: combinaison (fr) f
• German: Kombination (de) f
• Irish: cód teaglama m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kombinasjon m

  Nynorsk: kombinasjon m

• Romanian: combinație (ro) f
• Russian: комбина́ция (ru) f (kombinácija)
• Swedish: kombination (sv) c
• Turkish: birleşim (tr), kombinasyon (tr)

one or more elements selected without regard of the order

• Bulgarian: комбинация (bg) (kombinacija)
• Czech: kombinace (cs) f
• Dutch: combinatie (nl) f
• Estonian: kooslus, kombinatsioon
• Finnish: kombinaatio (fi)
• French: combinaison (fr) f, sélection (fr) f
• German: Kombination (de) f
• Indonesian: kombinasi (id)
• Irish: teaglaim (ga) f, comhcheangal m
• Malay: gabungan (ms)
• Maori: whiriwhiringa raupapakore
• Polish: kombinacja (pl) f
• Russian: комбина́ция (ru) f (kombinácija), сочета́ние (ru) n (sočetánije)
• Swedish: kombination (sv) c
• Tagalog: palakipan
• Turkish: kombinasyon (tr)

association

• Bulgarian: обединение (bg) n (obedinenie)
• Dutch: vereniging (nl)
• Finnish: yhdistys (fi)
• French: association (fr) f, groupement (fr) m
• German: Vereinigung (de) f, Zusammenschluss (de) m
• Greek: συνασπισμός (el) (synaspismós)
• Romanian: asociație (ro) f
• Russian: объедине́ние (ru) n (obʺjedinénije)
• Turkish: birlik (tr), cemiyet (tr), dernek (tr)

combination shot

• Finnish: ratsastus (fi)

motorcycle and sidecar

• French: side-car (fr) m
• German: Seitenwagengespann n
• Greek: τρίκυκλο (el) n (tríkyklo)
• Irish: gluaisrothar le carr cliathánach

combat sports

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: combinatie (nl) f, serie (nl) f, combo (nl) n
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kombination (de) f
• Irish: comhghníomhú m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kombinacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: combinação (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: combinación (es) f
• Swedish: kombination (sv) c, kombo (sv) c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• permutation

Further reading

• combination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Motorcycle and sidecar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia