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AMALGAMATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joined together into a whole

Example:

a consolidated school

Synonyms:

amalgamate; amalgamated; coalesced; consolidated; fused

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To bring or combine together or with something else

Example:

resourcefully he mingled music and dance

Synonyms:

amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "amalgamate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "amalgamate"):

aggregate; combine (gather in a mass, sum, or whole)

concoct (make a concoction (of) by mixing)

combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

blend; immingle; intermingle; intermix (combine into one)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

amalgam (a combination or blend of diverse things)

amalgamative (characterized by or tending toward amalgamation)

amalgamator (a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies)

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