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Definition of combine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

combine

noun
 
/ˈkɒmbaɪn/
 
/ˈkɑːmbaɪn/
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  1. (British English also combine harvester)
     a large farm machine that both cuts a crop and also separates the grains from the rest of the plantTopics Farmingc2
  2. a group of people or organizations acting together in business
    3. Word Originnoun sense 2 late Middle English: from Old French combiner or late Latin combinare ‘join two by two’, from com- ‘together’ + Latin bini ‘two together’. noun sense 1 early 20th cent.: short for combine harvester.
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