--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 48 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/48/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 48 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Colossal means extremely large, huge, enormous.[↗](../../colossal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Colossal also means very great in amount or degree («a colossal mistake», «a colossal waste»).[↗](../../colossal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A colossal wave crashed over the harbour.[↗](../../colossal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The blue whale is a colossal animal.[↗](../../colossal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pyramids are colossal stone buildings.[↗](../../colossal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate a colossal pizza.[↗](../../colossal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing the key was a colossal mistake.[↗](../../colossal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm did colossal damage.[↗](../../colossal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant took colossal steps across the hills.[↗](../../colossal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This colossal statue was 39 feet high, and was composed of ivory and gold; its majestic beauty formed the chief attraction of the temple.[↗](../../colossal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He hewed, as it were, immense column or colossal pillars, out of the intangible air, and from the empty space.[↗](../../colossal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../colossal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He created a reality out of nothing, called the nonentity into existence and hewed, as it were, colossal pillars from intangible air.[↗](../../colossal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../colossal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **colossus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A huge statue, much bigger than life size.[↗](../../colossus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person, company or thing that is enormously big, powerful or important («a colossus of science»).[↗](../../colossus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) The Colossus of Rhodes: a giant bronze statue of the sun god Helios in ancient Greece, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.[↗](../../colossus/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (a name) Colossus: one of the first electronic computers, built in Britain during the Second World War to help break German codes at Bletchley Park.[↗](../../colossus/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Colossus of Rhodes stood over thirty metres tall.[↗](../../colossus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An earthquake toppled the Colossus.[↗](../../colossus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Colossus computer helped break secret codes in the war.[↗](../../colossus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper was a colossus in defence.[↗](../../colossus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant statue was a true colossus.[↗](../../colossus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people call that company a colossus of technology.[↗](../../colossus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The famous Colossus of Rhodes, which was one of the seven wonders of the world, was erected in honour of Helios.[↗](../../colossus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **colour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Colour is what you see as red, blue, green, yellow and so on.[↗](../../colour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To colour is to fill in a picture with crayons, pencils or paint.[↗](../../colour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Colour is the British way to spell color.[↗](../../colour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bag has beads of 3 colours.[↗](../../colour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Colour 2 of the 5 squares.[↗](../../colour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many of each colour?[↗](../../colour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She has 6 colours of paint.[↗](../../colour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainbow has 7 colours.[↗](../../colour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Red and yellow mixed make orange.[↗](../../colour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite colour is green.[↗](../../colour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear bright colours when you cycle.[↗](../../colour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He caught four, one of each colour.[↗](../../colour/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: 'This have we found.[↗](../../colour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colour/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the weaver in colours; as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../colour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.39.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colour/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours.[↗](../../colour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colour/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it glideth down smoothly; (Writings PRO.23.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colour/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set thy stones in fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.[↗](../../colour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.54.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colour/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, like the colour of the terrible ice, stretched forth over their heads above.[↗](../../colour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.1.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colour/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **colouration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Colouration is the pattern and mix of colours on an animal or plant, such as the stripes of a tiger or the spots on a ladybird.[↗](../../colouration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Colouration can mean the way something is coloured in general, including a slight colour or tint.[↗](../../colouration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snake's bright colouration warns birds to stay away.[↗](../../colouration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The moth's colouration matches the tree bark.[↗](../../colouration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Male birds often have brighter colouration than females.[↗](../../colouration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog's colouration changes as it grows.[↗](../../colouration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Warning colouration is common in poisonous animals.[↗](../../colouration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The leaf's colouration turned red and gold in autumn.[↗](../../colouration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists studied the colouration of the butterflies' wings.[↗](../../colouration/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish's colouration helps it hide among the coral.[↗](../../colouration/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **colourful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Colourful means having many bright colours.[↗](../../colourful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Colourful means interesting, lively and exciting, like a colourful character or story.[↗](../../colourful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The parrot has colourful feathers.[↗](../../colourful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We painted a colourful rainbow.[↗](../../colourful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The market was busy and colourful.[↗](../../colourful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coral reefs are full of colourful fish.[↗](../../colourful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her room is very colourful.[↗](../../colourful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is a colourful character who tells funny stories.[↗](../../colourful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some colourful animals use bright colours to warn they are poisonous.[↗](../../colourful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **colouring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) The colour or colours of something, especially of a person's skin, hair and eyes or an animal's fur or feathers: «a fox's red colouring».[↗](../../colouring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A substance added to food or drink to give it colour: «food colouring».[↗](../../colouring/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) The activity of filling in pictures with crayons, pencils or pens: «a colouring book».[↗](../../colouring/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb form) Giving colour to something now: «I am colouring the sky blue».[↗](../../colouring/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun, formal) The way something is presented that changes how people feel about it: «political colouring».[↗](../../colouring/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little sister loves her dinosaur colouring book.[↗](../../colouring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We added green food colouring to the icing for St Patrick's Day.[↗](../../colouring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiger's striped colouring helps it hide in long grass.[↗](../../colouring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I am colouring the sea in two shades of blue.[↗](../../colouring/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She has her dad's colouring: red hair and freckles.[↗](../../colouring/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some sweets use colouring made from beetroot.[↗](../../colouring/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bright warning colouring tells birds that the frog is poisonous.[↗](../../colouring/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Finish your colouring in and then put the pencils away.[↗](../../colouring/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **colourless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Colourless means having no colour at all, like clear water or air.[↗](../../colourless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Colourless can mean pale and grey: «a colourless face».[↗](../../colourless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Colourless can mean dull and boring, with nothing interesting: «a colourless town».[↗](../../colourless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water is a colourless liquid.[↗](../../colourless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Oxygen is a colourless gas with no smell.[↗](../../colourless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the shock, her face was colourless.[↗](../../colourless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old town felt grey and colourless.[↗](../../colourless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Carbon monoxide is colourless and deadly, so homes need alarms.[↗](../../colourless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix the colourless solution with the indicator and watch it turn pink.[↗](../../colourless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **colt** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A colt is a young male horse, especially one under four years old.[↗](../../colt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The colt ran across the field.[↗](../../colt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer's colt kicked up its heels.[↗](../../colt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the colts gallop through the meadow.[↗](../../colt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.[↗](../../colt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washeth his garments in wine, and his vesture in the blood of grapes; (Torah GEN.49.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.[↗](../../colt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.11.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts; and he judged Israel eight years.[↗](../../colt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.12.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colt/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.[↗](../../colt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../colt/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **columbian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with Christopher Columbus (as in pre-Columbian, before Columbus reached the Americas).[↗](../../columbian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To do with places called Columbia, such as British Columbia in Canada, the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) or the Columbia River.[↗](../../columbian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Often a misspelling of Colombian, which means from Colombia, the country in South America.[↗](../../columbian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum shows pre-Columbian gold from Peru.[↗](../../columbian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Columbian Exposition was a world fair in Chicago.[↗](../../columbian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · People from British Columbia are sometimes called British Columbians.[↗](../../columbian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Colombian coffee is from Colombia, spelled with an o.[↗](../../columbian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pre-Columbian peoples grew maize and potatoes.[↗](../../columbian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Columbian salmon swim up the Columbia River.[↗](../../columbian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **column** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A column is a line of things going straight up and down, one under another.[↗](../../column/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a table, a column runs up and down and a row runs across.[↗](../../column/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A column is a tall stone post that holds up a roof.[↗](../../column/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A column is also a regular article in a newspaper, or a long line of marching people.[↗](../../column/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chairs are in 6 columns with 5 chairs in each.[↗](../../column/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each column of the table has 8 numbers.[↗](../../column/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia puts 4 stickers in each column.[↗](../../column/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many columns of 3 can she make with 21 cards?[↗](../../column/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the tens in the tens column.[↗](../../column/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old temple has tall stone columns.[↗](../../column/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Add the numbers in the column.[↗](../../column/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A column of soldiers marched past.[↗](../../column/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he saw the statue on the tall column.[↗](../../column/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He hewed, as it were, immense column or colossal pillars, out of the intangible air, and from the empty space.[↗](../../column/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../column/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · ')) Some Pythagoreans used the strokes with the principle of \|iosi- tion without a zero in the columns of an abacus i Ur.[↗](../../column/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../column/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **comanche** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) The Comanche are a Native American people of the southern Great Plains (today mainly Oklahoma, USA), famous in history as expert horse riders.[↗](../../comanche/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (a name) The Comanche language, spoken by that people.[↗](../../comanche/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) A name used for some places, vehicles and other things named after the Comanche.[↗](../../comanche/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Comanche were among the finest horse riders of the Great Plains.[↗](../../comanche/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Today the Comanche Nation has its headquarters in Oklahoma.[↗](../../comanche/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Comanche code talkers sent secret radio messages in the Second World War.[↗](../../comanche/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We read about the Comanche leader Quanah Parker.[↗](../../comanche/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Comanche language is being taught to young people again.[↗](../../comanche/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The map showed the lands where the Comanche once lived.[↗](../../comanche/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **comb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A comb is a flat strip with a row of thin teeth used to tidy your hair.[↗](../../comb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To comb your hair is to make it neat with a comb.[↗](../../comb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To comb a place is to search it very carefully.[↗](../../comb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A comb is the red crest on a rooster's head; a honeycomb is the wax cells bees make.[↗](../../comb/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Comb your hair before school.[↗](../../comb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I lost my comb.[↗](../../comb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum used a nit comb to check for lice.[↗](../../comb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The police combed the park for clues.[↗](../../comb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We combed the beach for shells.[↗](../../comb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A rooster has a red comb on its head.[↗](../../comb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees keep honey in a honeycomb.[↗](../../comb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave Wendy one of their combs.[↗](../../comb/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.[↗](../../comb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../comb/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **combat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Combat is fighting, especially between soldiers in war.[↗](../../combat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To combat something means to try hard to stop or reduce it: combat litter, combat disease.[↗](../../combat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To combat is also to fight in a battle against an enemy.[↗](../../combat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Soldiers trained for combat.[↗](../../combat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is working to combat litter.[↗](../../combat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing hands helps combat the spread of germs.[↗](../../combat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was injured in combat.[↗](../../combat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Combat boots are strong and heavy.[↗](../../combat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists combat diseases with new medicines.[↗](../../combat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Did the old heroes combat there?[↗](../../combat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **combatant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person, army or country that takes part in fighting in a war or battle.[↗](../../combatant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who takes part in a fight, argument or contest.[↗](../../combatant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Both combatants were tired after the long battle.[↗](../../combatant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rules of war protect people who are not combatants.[↗](../../combatant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nurses were non-combatants in the war.[↗](../../combatant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two combatants shook hands after the boxing match.[↗](../../combatant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The countries that were combatants signed a peace treaty.[↗](../../combatant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each combatant had a shield.[↗](../../combatant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Even women and children were to be found among the combatants.[↗](../../combatant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **combative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Combative means ready and eager to fight or argue.[↗](../../combative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In sport, combative means playing hard and strongly against the other side.[↗](../../combative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The combative goat butted everyone who came near.[↗](../../combative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was in a combative mood and argued with everyone.[↗](../../combative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a combative tennis player who never gives up.[↗](../../combative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The debate became combative and loud.[↗](../../combative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog is friendly, not combative.[↗](../../combative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Try not to be combative when someone disagrees with you.[↗](../../combative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **combination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A combination is two or more things joined or mixed together, like a combination of colours or flavours.[↗](../../combination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A combination is the set of numbers you need to open a combination lock or safe.[↗](../../combination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) A combination is one way of choosing items from a group, where the order does not matter.[↗](../../combination/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Combination is the act of combining things.[↗](../../combination/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Red and yellow is a bright combination.[↗](../../combination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I forgot the combination for my bike lock.[↗](../../combination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many combinations can you make with 3 shirts and 4 pairs of trousers?[↗](../../combination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hard work and luck were a winning combination.[↗](../../combination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Salt and vinegar is my favourite crisp combination.[↗](../../combination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Exercise in combination with good food keeps you healthy.[↗](../../combination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 10 combinations of two different fruits from a bowl of five.[↗](../../combination/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This story is evidently a combination of two widely differing tales.[↗](../../combination/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 31 That is to say a different combination of the elements.[↗](../../combination/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../combination/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 21) The combination of the twenty-two letters without permutation is represented in the following table: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../combination/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 22) The number of combinations of twenty-two letters two and two without any permutation is according to the mathematical formula (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../combination/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **combine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To combine is to join or mix two or more things together to make one: «Combine the flour and sugar.».[↗](../../combine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To combine is to do two things at the same time or have two qualities together: «She combines school with swim training.».[↗](../../combine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A combine (combine harvester, said «COM-bine») is a big farm machine that cuts crops and separates the grain.[↗](../../combine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Combine the eggs and milk in a bowl.[↗](../../combine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you combine blue and yellow, you get green.[↗](../../combine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their combined score was 150.[↗](../../combine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two classes combined for the trip.[↗](../../combine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hydrogen and oxygen combine to make water.[↗](../../combine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She combines football with piano lessons.[↗](../../combine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The combine harvester cut the wheat field.[↗](../../combine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Combine your ideas into one poster.[↗](../../combine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ares is represented as a man of youthful appearance; his tall muscular form combines great strength with wonderful agility.[↗](../../combine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This has been shown by the example of combining the letter א with (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../combine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus in combining all together in pairs are produced these two hundred and thirty-one gates of knowledge.[↗](../../combine/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../combine/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · This has been shown by the example of combining the letter א with all the other letters, and all the other letters with Aleph (א).[↗](../../combine/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../combine/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/47/) **48** [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/49/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/47/) - 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