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combined

/kəmˈbaɪnd/
/kəmˈbaɪnd/
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Other forms: combinedly

Something combined is the result of one or more things added together. The combined voices of a crowd are louder than one voice.

To combine things is to put them together, like combining a shirt and pants or mixing ingredients together to make a cake. If two people pool their money, the combined amount will be greater. If two countries are allies in a war, their combined forces will be stronger than their individual forces. This word is the opposite of individual or singular; combined things act together.

Definitions of combined
  1. adjective
    made or joined or united into one
    synonyms:
    compounded
    combined into or constituting a chemical compound
    conglomerate
    composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
    occluded, sorbed
    (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance
    one
    being a single entity made by combining separate components
    rolled into one
    made up of several components combined into a single entity
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    antonyms:
    uncombined
    not joined or united into one
    uncompounded, unmixed
    not constituting a compound
Pronunciation
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/kəmˈbaɪnd/
UK
/kəmˈbaɪnd/
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