combination

[ˌkɑːmbɪˈneɪʃn]

Definition:
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.
4. A group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose.

Use 'combination' in a sentence:

1. Stealth technology is a combination of three things: shape, materials and tactics.
2. You cannot open the safe unless you know the combination.
3. A combination of cushion blasting and line-drilling can be suitable.
4. There is now an acceleration in the rates at which they are becoming both cleverer and cheaper: an explosive combination.
5. The kitchen is simplicity itself, relying on a combination of good design, craftsmanship and quality materials for its effect.
6. Most of you know, hopefully, that a mule is a combination of a donkey and a horse.
7. An alloy is a combination of two or more different metals.
8. I do a combination of them.
9. The building has a remarkable shape and looks like a combination of blocks.
10. Yoga is a combination of physical and breathing exercises.
11. The spontaneity of young children and guns are a lethal combination as illustrated in these two examples.
12. Their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances.
13. This resulted in the "biome," a combination of coexisting flora and fauna.
14. To see the nature of the problem you've got to think about the fact that it's a combination package.
15. What a wonderful combination of shades in her embroidery!
16. Hotel Group is a sort of economic conglomerate that is formed by a number of hotels through capital combination and business cooperation on the basis of a highly developed Hotel industry.
17. The results do not change recommendations concerning combination hormone therapy for the two-thirds of menopausal women.
18. These paints can be used individually or in combination.
19. When using combination then, MBWA and market research are powerful tools.
20. Good scheduling is very difficult, a combination of art and science.
21. You and that car—it's a lethal combination!
22. The word piano is short for pianoforte, a combination of the Italian words for soft and loud.
23. After running through the numbers in every possible combination, we finally hit on a solution.
24. A combination of microchannels and either thermoelectrics or paraelectrics might cool computers.
25. They competed for power through a combination of parliamentary and extra-parliamentary methods.
26. Life is a combination of success and failure.
27. It's the strangest combination I've ever seen.
28. You and that car ─ it's a lethal combination!
29. The two writers worked well in combination.
30. With the evolution of virtual reality technology, tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds.
31. For example, tamsulosin ( flomax) or alfuzosin-blockers that work well in combination with other anti-hypertensive medications.
32. These are not single individual plants; each one is a symbiotic combination of an alga and a fungus.
33. The firm is working on a new product in combination with several overseas partners.
34. Multiples can be deployed in combination for more complex missions than could be achieved by one CubeSat alone.
35. For others, a combination of mass transit and private transportation may be desirable.
36. Frost and wet are the lethal combination for plants.
37. Amorality and intelligence is probably the most lethal combination to be found within one personality.
38. She brings to the job a rare combination of youth and experience.
39. The combination of hot weather and decreased water supplies is hurting many industries.
40. A combination of factors may be responsible for the decrease in car sales.
41. The two players together make a formidable combination.
42. A fiery combination of chicken, chillies and rice.
43. This dish has an unusual combination of tastes and textures.
44. The room was decorated in a combination of greens and blues.
45. Each of these stages is realized by a tool or combination of tools.
46. His treatment was a combination of surgery, radiation and drugs.
47. A combination of talent, hard work and good looks have taken her to the top.
48. This combination of qualities is generally supposed to be extremely rare.
49. A combination of internal and external factors caused the company to close down.
50. I can't remember the combination.
51. He programmed his computer to compare all the possible combinations.
52. The Indians think of him as a holy man, a combination of doctor and priest.