1. (

• combination

) a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities ;

2. (

• combination ,

) a coordinated sequence of chess moves ;

3. (

• combination ,

) a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe" ;

4. (

• combination ,

) a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination" ;

5. (

• combination ,

) 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. (

• combination ,

) the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order ;

7. (

• combination ,
• combining ,
• compounding

) the act of combining things to form a new whole ;