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re-combine

re-combine is the alternative form of recombine.

Meaning of recombine

Verb

recombine (third-person singular simple present recombines, present participle recombining, simple past and past participle recombined)

  1. (ambitransitive) To combine again, especially to reassemble the parts of something previously taken apart in a different manner.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo recombination.

Forms of re-combine

third-person singular presentre-combines
present participlere-combining
past participlere-combined
pastre-combined

Questions about re-combine

What is re-combine the alternative form of?
Re-combine is the alternative form of recombine.

Words near re-combine in the dictionary

  1. re-cognize
  2. re-cognized
  3. re-cognizes
  4. re-cognizing
  5. re-collect
  6. re-combine
  7. re-combined
  8. re-combines
  9. re-combining
  10. re-commission
  11. re-commissioned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-combine (page history and authors); recombine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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