Nouns

(n)combinationa collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
(n)combinationa coordinated sequence of chess moves
(n)combinationa sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock“he forgot the combination to the safe”
(n)combinationa group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose“they were a winning combination”
(n)combinationan alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
(n)combinationthe act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
(n)combination, combining, compoundingthe act of combining things to form a new whole