AMALGAMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amalgamate mean? 

• AMALGAMATE (adjective)
  The adjective AMALGAMATE has 1 sense:

1. joined together into a whole

  Familiarity information: AMALGAMATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• AMALGAMATE (verb)
  The verb AMALGAMATE has 1 sense:

1. to bring or combine together or with something else

  Familiarity information: AMALGAMATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMALGAMATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joined together into a whole

Synonyms:

amalgamate; amalgamated; coalesced; consolidated; fused

Context example:

a consolidated school

Similar:

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

• AMALGAMATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they amalgamate    ... he / she / it amalgamates   
Past simple: amalgamated   
Past participle: amalgamated   
-ing form: amalgamating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To bring or combine together or with something else

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify

Context example:

resourcefully he mingled music and dance

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)