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Ggaaxx Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

What dose "combine" mean?

0 I know what combine means as a verb, but when people say, he is a combine or he is combine, what does it really mean? I heard this in a company meeting. Thanks.0-
  

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0A combine is a piece of farm machinery. 02br 02br 00Perhaps you mean "a combination"? 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0A combine is a piece of farm machinery.
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0A combine is a piece of farm machinery. 02br
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00Perhaps you mean "a combination"? Part one thing and part another - or many things.0-
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0 The conversation was like this:02br
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00In a meeting, there was a guy talking about some brilliant goal for the project and everyone in the meeting seemed like it. And a guy joked and said, he is a combine.02br
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00Maybe I didn't catch what he really said, but it sounded like that though.0-
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0 As stated above, a combine is a type of machine sometimes used on farms. 02br
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00It's difficult to guess what word you heard! 0-
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0 I think that you didn't catch what he really said. I'm going to guess that he said, "He is an Einstein". The final sounds are like the 01i00-ine02i00 at the end of 01i00combine02i00, and the meaning seems right for the context. Why not ask someone who was at the meeting?02br
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0 Haha, good guess CJ! 0-
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0 Thanks! Do you think that could really be it? What else might it be? Any ideas?02br
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0Heck, maybe he was making reference to a combine, as a metaphor for being able to make things grow, or gather in information, or something. Anyway, be assured that if the word was truly "combine" it's not a common expression outside of farming circles.02br
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00I like Jim's thought: Oh yeah, I'm a real Einstein!0-
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