Combination - Definition
combination
n 1: a collection of things that have been combined; an
assemblage of separate parts or qualities
2: a coordinated sequence of chess moves
3: a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination
lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe"
4: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose;
"they were a winning combination"
5: an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a
special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but
now for general political or economic purposes)
6: the act of arranging elements into specified groups without
regard to order
7: the act of combining things to form a new whole [syn:
combination, combining, compounding]