combination
/ˌkɑmbɪˈneɪʃən/ noun B1- The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining. · combinations of colors· These guidelines should be followed in combination with those given last week.
- An object formed by combining. · The chef experimented with new flavor combinations.· Certain drug combinations can be dangerous.
- 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.
- One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
- An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
- A shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
- A motorcycle and sidecar.
- A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
Plural combinations
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But whichever it may be, or if it is some third combination, it is down at Birlstone that we must seek the solution.
“And yet there should be no combination of events for which the wit of man cannot conceive an explanation.
At present I am ready to promise that the instant that I can communicate with you without endangering my own combinations, I shall do so.”
“You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.”
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