combining

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• IPA^(key): /kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ/

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Verb

combining

1. present participle and gerund of combine

Noun

combining (plural combinings)

1. The act by which things are combined or brought together.
   • 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:

     these little combinings together, of friends, for objects in themselves extremely laudable, but which the law terms conspiracies

Derived terms

• combining mark