amalgamate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine.
to amalgamate two companies.
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Metallurgy. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury.
verb (used without object)
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to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce.
The three schools decided to amalgamate.
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to blend with another metal, as mercury.
verb
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to combine or cause to combine; unite
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to alloy (a metal) with mercury
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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amalgamatornoun
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reamalgamateverb
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amalgamableadjective
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amalgamativeadjective
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unamalgamableadjective
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unamalgamatedadjective
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unamalgamatingadjective
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unamalgamativeadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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amalgamatesimple
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amalgamatessimple
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have amalgamatedperfect
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has amalgamatedperfect
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am amalgamatingprogressive
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are amalgamatingprogressive
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is amalgamatingprogressive
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have been amalgamatingperfect progressive
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has been amalgamatingperfect progressive
Past
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amalgamatedsimple
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had amalgamatedperfect
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was amalgamatingprogressive
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were amalgamatingprogressive
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had been amalgamatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of amalgamate
1635–45 amalgam + -ate 1 ( def. )
Explanation
To amalgamate is to combine different things to create something new. Institutions — such as banks, schools, or hospitals — often join forces and amalgamate with one other. But other things — like musical genres — get amalgamated as well. The verb amalgamate originally referred specifically to the mixture of metals; now however, it refers to any mixing or blending. A school board might decide to amalgamate two schools into one school due to a decrease in the student population, but amalgamating their mascots would be impossible.
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Example Sentences
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In 1895, there was a meeting held by Rule that led to the decision to amalgamate the Pachuca Cricket Club, the Pachuca Football Club and the Velasco Cricket Club to create a stronger entity.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
"Sumar is a quiet force that talks about people's lives ..., committed to solving problems," summarised Diaz, who presided over tumultuous negotiations to amalgamate various hard-left, left-leaning and green regionalist brands.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2023
Scott Gomez grew up among the diverse cultures that amalgamate around Anchorage, Alaska.
From Fox News ● Jul. 4, 2021
The Yippies, radical prankster Abbie Hoffman and satirist Paul Krassner’s attempt to amalgamate the two, were always more of a stunt than a movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
But we are still left with the question of how small, simple societies actually evolve or amalgamate into large, complex ones.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
By suggesting a dialogue with the Passion narrative that is central to Christianity, “Buddha Passion” moreover boldly amalgamates elements from different religious perspectives.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Working with performance and video, he flamboyantly amalgamates elements of rave parties, Butoh dance and Asian religions to produce hypnotically weird optics.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2019
YouTube has since compiled educational channels into YouTube EDU, which amalgamates the site’s most popular informational videos.
From Forbes ● Jun. 23, 2015
This mix manifests on in songs like the hectic Gatling gun ratatat of “Bring the Noize”, which amalgamates dancehall, drum and bass, trap, and Bollywood without ever including more than a handful of musical elements.
From Time ● Nov. 7, 2013
In the first place the quicksilver of humor which shines out from him side by side with the warmth of his heart, amalgamates the most easily with all characters.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
“By the time the Scramble for Africa was over,” Martin Meredith tells us, the vagaries of geopolitical geometry had amalgamated “some 10,000 African polities . . . into forty European colonies and protectorates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
In the spirit of reconciliation, Tutsi rebels like Makenga were eventually amalgamated into the Congolese government's armed forces, in a process called "mixage".
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025
She believes wellness culture has become culty in its own right, with wishy-washy aspects from different belief systems amalgamated into social media-friendly idioms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024
This museum was founded in 1863 and amalgamated with the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum in 1902.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
At the time, however, it seemed to me that in the Chief all the most photogenic features of Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, and Tom Mix had been smoothly amalgamated.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
The federal government is amalgamating a multitude of big data sources from individual agencies , including the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
Several other schemes for amalgamating ranked votes into a winner have been proposed.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023
“So they’re amalgamating them, they’re refitting them, they’re reinforcing them and then moving them around,” Barrons told AP.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
Producers are amalgamating two productions with harrowingly topical stories for a run on alternating nights at the Lyceum Theatre.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
The amalgamating agency of the Garrick Club, practically so familiar at rather a later day, was not then an operative force.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)
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