amalgamate

American  

[uh-mal-guh-meyt] / əˈmæl gəˌmeɪt /

verb (used with object)

amalgamated, amalgamating

1. to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine.

   to amalgamate two companies.

2. Metallurgy. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury.

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verb (used without object)

amalgamated, amalgamating

1. to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce.

   The three schools decided to amalgamate.

2. to blend with another metal, as mercury.

amalgamate British  

/ əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt /

verb

1. to combine or cause to combine; unite

2. to alloy (a metal) with mercury

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Other Word Forms

• amalgamable adjective
• amalgamative adjective
• amalgamator noun
• reamalgamate verb
• unamalgamable adjective
• unamalgamated adjective
• unamalgamating adjective
• unamalgamative adjective

Etymology

Origin of amalgamate

1635–45 amalgam + -ate ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

But Will Smith, chief executive of Greenshaw, said the trust believes "it's in the best children's interests to amalgamate the schools".

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

And I remember arriving and saying, “Listen, just for my own edification, I’d love to see the flier that you used to amalgamate this crowd that’s going to see this thing tonight.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024

For Latino communities, the way many major criminal justice databases amalgamate white and Hispanic people creates an additional issue.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2024

"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

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