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An example use of combination in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… yeah it's been a combination of all of …”
Combination means a group of things that are put together.
the word combination occurs in english on average 44.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that combination can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) transport and travel;