adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒm.bɪ.nə.tɹi/
General-American:/ˈkɑm.bə.nəˌtɔɹ.i/
General-American:/kəmˈbaɪ.nəˌtɔɹ.i/
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Of, relating to, or derived from a combination or combinations; combinative or combinatorial.
conditioned on a combination of phonemes (rather than a phoneme changing by itself in any position)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 3
Having the ability to combine; combinable, combinational or combining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
marked by or relating to or resulting from combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: combinative
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
able to or tending to combine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: combinable, combinational
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
relating to or involving combinations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: combinative, combinatorial
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From combine + -atory.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
комбинаторен
(kombinatoren)
— of or relating to combinations