combined

Everyday

1. Combined means put together into one: «their combined score». tree →
2. To combine is to join or mix two or more things together. tree →

In the lessons

the counts of the named people added together: «A and B combined» is A + B; in science and cooking we combine things to make something new; phrases: «combined with», «combined total», «combine ingredients»

Examples

• How many balloons do Zoe and Lily have combined? tree →
• Combined, the two boxes hold 25 crayons. tree →
• Tom and Max combined their marbles. tree →
• Combine the flour and the sugar in a bowl. tree →
• Hydrogen and oxygen combine to make water. tree →
• Our two classes combined for the school play. tree →
• Their combined age is 17. tree →
• Blue and yellow combined make green. tree →
• The incensed deities now combined to punish the offender. tree →

Note

«A and B combined» is A + B; only the named ones are added. Trap: if the combined total is given, one part is total − the other part.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah, God "combined" a letter and crowned it to form a planet, a day and a part of the body. The tradition reads this as joining the world, the year and man in one pattern. In the primary lessons: the counts of the named people added together: «A and B combined» is A + B; in science and cooking we combine things to make something new; phrases: «combined with», «combined total», «combine ingredients»

Examples

• He combined them, this one with that one. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aquarius in the Year, and the gullet in Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Tau, predominant in beauty, crowned, combined and formed Jupiter in the Universe, the seventh day in the week, and the mouth of man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →

Note

«A and B combined» is A + B; only the named ones are added. Trap: if the combined total is given, one part is total − the other part.