adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a combined/overall total (= the sum of two or more amounts added together )
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The Jones family has a combined total of 143 years' service with the company.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
effect
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The combined effects of these waves on our health and well-being are as yet unknown.
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These three factors each accounted for similar proportions of combined effect on average pay of around 15 percent.
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Movement can be due to a variety of causes and sometimes results from the combined effect of more than one cause.
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The combined effect is to leave individual teachers feeling more accountable, but more confused and less supported.
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Several plants grouped together will create their own humid micro-climate, though overcrowding may make the combined effect too much.
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The combined effect of federal, state and local taxes in the United States in 1985 fell heavily on the poorest.
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This is a condition brought about by the combined effect of evolution and civilisation and for everyone it is quite unavoidable.
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Central authority has collapsed, and 100,000 people have already died from the combined effects of the fighting and famine.
effort
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Sadly, even their combined efforts can not hope to compensate for the many jobs lost.
forces
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These combined forces cause the board to capsize.
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This probably evolved from a harem system where the females combined forces to overpower and drive out the dominant male.
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The combined forces of Rufus and Warenne starved Pevensey into submission.
group
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It follows a held 55p total for the combined group for 1992.
heat
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Mr. Rost Under the Electricity Act 1989, the regulator is directed to monitor the progress of combined heat and power.
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When will they act instead of saying at every Question Time how much they are in favour of combined heat and power?
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Other cost-effective ways of reducing emissions included combined heat and power for housing, factories and hospitals, and lighting efficiency.
operation
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The cutters were beginning to feature in an increasing number of combined operations with the Customs Investigation Department.
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The combined operation of the Keynes effect and the real-balance effect is illustrated in Figure 5.4.
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We have, however, established the effectiveness of combined operations in science, politics and public information.
system
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The following passage summarises his views on the combined system , which he advocated in numerous speeches and articles.
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She had recently changed her mind and in a moving and closely argued speech declared her support for the combined system .
total
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There are now around 250 investment trusts worth a combined total of £24 billion.
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Lessons may seen very expensive at first, but the combined total is less than what many people spend on a holiday.
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This season he has shown remarkable consistency, conjuring up a combined total of 12 goals and 32 points.
use
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There are 23 ways of prescribing antibiotics for acne based on oral, topical, or combined use of available preparations.
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This study exemplifies the combined use of human and mouse genetics to dissect human genetic diseases involving multiple genes and complex phenotypes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ann felt a combined relief and sadness.
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He had an air of combined gloom and relief.
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It was a combined operation involving troops from the US and Europe.
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It was a combined reunion, the class of 1965 with the class of 1970.
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The combined efforts of four police officers and two paramedics were needed to lift the driver from the wreckage.
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Their relief that war had been avoided was combined with sadness at what they had lost.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At eighteen thousand pounds it cost them their combined life savings.
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Paige could hear him talking to the pilot, and from time to time the sound of their combined laughter.
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The combined choirs sustained the joyful mood with the aptly chosen hymns.
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The sword was later recovered from a long forgotten underground lair by a combined expedition of Dwarfs and Men.
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There are now around 250 investment trusts worth a combined total of £24 billion.
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These are combined to give an overall requirement which is grossed up for tax and converted into the local currency.