combine

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However, I would say my best strengths going into the combine are my ability to join the attack from my outside back position, my ability to play either right or left back, my one on one defending skills, and my pace.

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  1. transitive verb To bring into a state of unity; merge.
  2. transitive verb To join (two or more substances) to make a single substance, such as a chemical compound; mix.
  3. transitive verb To possess or exhibit in combination: The choreography, which combines artistry and athletics, is extremely innovative.
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  • "The Storm" is an epic miniseries event where the changeable forces of nature combine -- in the air, on land, in the seas -- as the world counts down its final, catastrophic hours.
  • The 6-foot-1 180-pound center also tested well at last month's draft combine, attended by the top 100 prospects, further enforcing the fact that he has become a legit NHL prospect. —  Hockey's Future
  • "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." —  Amygdala
  • Our open source strategy, now and in the future, is to continue a journey in which we participate with others in learning how open source products and technologies, Microsoft products and technologies-and sometimes open source products and technologies from Microsoft-can coexist, combine, and comingle in ways that offer value to customers, developers and IT administrators, partners businesses, and, as a commercial company, our shareholders. —  InternetNews.com Developer News
  • If he can't participate in the combine, another player may stand out in that position. —  EveryJoe
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  1. Middle English combinen, from Old French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre : Latin com-, com- + bīnī, two by two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English combinen = French combiner = Spanish Portuguese combinar = Italian combinare, from Late Latin combinare, unite, join (two things together), from Latin com-, together, + bini, two by two: see binary.
  2. from combine, v.
 

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