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combine
Verb
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If you combine two or more things, you put them together.
In a large bowl, combine 1/2 cup white sugar and cinnamon.
Her new book combines elements of similar stories told throughout eastern North America.
All of these factors combine to create a system that is difficult to understand.
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If something combines two or more things, it has both/all of them.
This is a world that combines the old with the new.
combine
Noun
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A combine is a large farm vehicle the cuts grain and separates the seeds.
against
Preposition
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In opposition, or not agreeing, to.
I am against that proposal. I think it is a bad idea.
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Pressed to.
He held her head against his chest.