combinative

[ kom-buh-ney-tiv, kuh m-bahy-nuh- ]
/ ˈkɒm bəˌneɪ tɪv, kəmˈbaɪ nə- /
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adjective

tending or serving to combine.
of, relating to, or resulting from combination.

Origin of combinative

First recorded in 1850–55; combinat(ion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM combinative

non·com·bi·na·tive, adjective un·com·bi·na·tive, adjective

Words nearby combinative

combination shot, combination square, combination therapy, combination tone, combinations, combinative, combinatorial, combinatorial analysis, combinatorial topology, combinatorics, combinatory

Words related to combinative

combinatory, combinatorial, conjunctional, connective, combinable

Example sentences from the Web for combinative

  • This requires a higher type of mental association (combinative  power) than mere enumeration.

    The Measurement of Intelligence |Lewis Madison Terman

  • Primitive man was a combinative beast, and because of it he rose to primacy over all the animals.

    The Iron Heel |Jack London

  • They have great imagination, but it is the "combinative" imagination rather than the free poetic fancy of the Celt.

    The Old World in the New |Edward Alsworth Ross

British Dictionary definitions for combinative

combinative

combinatorial (ˌkɒmbɪnəˈtɔːrɪəl) or combinatory (ˈkɒmbɪnətərɪ, -trɪ)

/ (ˈkɒmbɪˌneɪtɪv, -nətɪv) /

adjective

resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
linguistics (of a sound change) occurring only in specific contexts or as a result of some other factor, such as change of stress within a word Compare isolative (def. 1)