combined

American

[kuhm-bahynd] / kəmˈbaɪnd /

adjective

made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
taken as a whole or considered together; in the aggregate.

outselling all other brands combined.

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Etymology

Origin of combined

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; combine + -ed ²

Explanation

Something combined is the result of one or more things added together. The combined voices of a crowd are louder than one voice. To combine things is to put them together, like combining a shirt and pants or mixing ingredients together to make a cake. If two people pool their money, the combined amount will be greater. If two countries are allies in a war, their combined forces will be stronger than their individual forces. This word is the opposite of individual or singular; combined things act together.

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The pair have a combined 31 WTA Tour titles between them, but not a single one of those has arrived on grass.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026

The combined market value of all the companies in the S&P Small Cap 600 comes out to $1.83 trillion—or roughly the same size as Broadcom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

A combined effort by Paul Gervase and Tanner Scott shut down San Diego’s ninth-inning momentum after it pushed across a run.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026

To overcome that effect, the researchers combined measurements with feedback to produce time reversed stochastic trajectories.

From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026

That eager smile combined with his backward T-shirt melt my heart a little.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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