n.
1.a collection of things that have been combined
2.a coordinated sequence of chess moves
3.a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock
4.a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose
5.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)
6.the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
7.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Idiom of the Day
put a bee in (someone's) bonnet
to give someone an idea (about something)
I put a bee in my friend's bonnet with my plans to go to Germany to study.