Confederation is a related term of combining.
As a proper noun confederation
is in canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed canada, beginning with new brunswick, nova scotia, ontario, and quebec, and later including all the others.
As a verb combining is
.
As a noun combining is
the act by which things are combined or brought together.
confederation
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Synonyms
* alliance
* confederacy
* federation
* league
Derived terms
* confederationism
* confederationist
combining
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
The act by which things are combined or brought together.
* (Charles Dickens), The Old Curiosity Shop
- these little combinings together, of friends, for objects in themselves extremely laudable, but which the law terms conspiracies