combines

VERB

connect, integrate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

associate blend couple fuse incorporate link merge mix

STRONG

amalgamate band bind bond bracket coalesce commingle compound conjoin cooperate dub interface join league marry mingle network pool relate synthesize unify unite wed

WEAK

bunch up coadjute get together glue oneself to hitch on hook on plug into put together slap on stand in with tack on tag on team up with throw in together tie up with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disconnect disjoin dissociate divide part separate sever unmix

STRONG

divorce loosen unfasten

WEAK

detach dissolve

Example Sentences

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If the electron quickly recombines with the hole, the energy is released only as heat or light instead of driving chemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

The PCE inflation reading largely recombines price data published earlier by the Labor Department, so economists can use those numbers to forecast it with great accuracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Their historically grounded pop recombines musical theater, parlor songs, punk, folk, electronica, soundtracks, bossa nova, industrial rock and more.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

If an Omicron variant recombines with a different SARS-CoV-2 variant, it might produce a virus that both evades immunity and makes people sicker, Barclay says.

From Scientific American • Apr. 18, 2022

At the critical point, the imagination makes connections between seemingly unrelated parts and recombines them.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson