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# combo

«combo» in Mova's school dictionary: **A combination of things that go together, like a meal…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a combo, combos) — informal

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A combination of things that go together, like a meal deal of burger, chips and drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#m1)

2) (games) A series of moves or hits done quickly one after another for extra points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#m2)

3) A small band of musicians, often playing jazz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#m3)

4) (informal) The code of a combination lock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it appears in fast-food menus and video games. In music lessons a jazz combo is a small group. Phrases: "meal combo", "combo move", "a winning combo".

### examples

- I'll have the burger combo with a milkshake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#x1)
- He pulled off a ten-hit combo in the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#x2)
- Strawberries and cream are a classic combo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#x3)
- A jazz combo played at the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#x4)
- What's the combo for your bike lock? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#x5)
- Sun and wind are a good combo for drying washing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/#x6)

### note

Informal short form of "combination". Plural: combos. In a maths problem, a "combo" price is often cheaper than buying each item separately: compare the total of the parts with the combo price.

### In the corpora

- [Noah had practised fighting-game combos for weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «combo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.