combination (
http://definr.com/combination)
n 1: a collection of things that have been combined; an
assemblage of separate parts or qualities
2: a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination
lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe"
3: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose;
"they were a winning combination"
4: an 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)
5: an occurrence that results in things being combined [syn:
combining,
combine]
6: the act of arranging elements into specified groups without
regard to order
7: the act of combining things [syn:
combining,
compounding]