combine
part of speech
verb (combine, combines, combined, combining); noun (a combine — a combine harvester)
meaning for a pupil
1) To combine is to join or mix two or more things together to make one: «Combine the flour and sugar.» tree →
2) To combine is to do two things at the same time or have two qualities together: «She combines school with swim training.» tree →
3) A combine (combine harvester, said «COM-bine») is a big farm machine that cuts crops and separates the grain. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, «combine» means add groups together: «combine 3 red and 4 blue counters» = 7 in all; also «combined total» or «combined score». In science, materials and chemicals combine to make new substances, and colours combine to make new colours. In cooking, you combine ingredients. On farms, combines harvest wheat. Phrases: «combine with», «combined total», «combined effort», «combine harvester».
examples
- Combine the eggs and milk in a bowl. tree →
- If you combine blue and yellow, you get green. tree →
- Their combined score was 150. tree →
- The two classes combined for the trip. tree →
- Hydrogen and oxygen combine to make water. tree →
- She combines football with piano lessons. tree →
- The combine harvester cut the wheat field. tree →
- Combine your ideas into one poster. tree →
- Ares is represented as a man of youthful appearance; his tall muscular form combines great strength with wonderful agility. tree →
note
Verb: com-BINE; noun (farm machine): COM-bine. Noun from the verb: combination. In maths word problems, «combined» usually signals addition: «Sam has 8 stickers and Jo has 5; how many combined?» → 8 + 5 = 13.
In the corpora
- The Union Jack combines the crosses of England, Scotland and Ireland; Wales is not shown on it.
- To read a map well you combine three things: the directions, the scale and the legend.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «combine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.