combine

verb (combine, combines, combined, combining); noun (a combine — a combine harvester)

«combine» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To combine is to join or mix two or more things together to make one: «Combine the flour and sugar.» tree →
To combine is to do two things at the same time or have two qualities together: «She combines school with swim training.» tree →
A combine (combine harvester, said «COM-bine») is a big farm machine that cuts crops and separates the grain. tree →

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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, God combined letters, weighed them and changed them to make all that was formed. The tradition reads this as showing that words and letters are the building blocks of creation. In the primary 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

This has been shown by the example of combining the letter א with (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
Thus in combining all together in pairs are produced these two hundred and thirty-one gates of knowledge. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
This has been shown by the example of combining the letter א with all the other letters, and all the other letters with Aleph (א). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «combine» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«combine» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «combine» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«combine» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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