amalgamation
Americannoun
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the act or process of amalgamating.
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the state or result of being amalgamated.
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Commerce. a consolidation of two or more corporations.
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Metallurgy. the extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury.
noun
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the action or process of amalgamating
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the state of being amalgamated
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a method of extracting precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury to form an amalgam
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commerce another word for merger
Other Word Forms
- preamalgamation noun
- reamalgamation noun
Etymology
Origin of amalgamation
Explanation
You create an amalgamation by taking separate things and combining them into one. If your school is closing and joining with another school to create a new school, that is an amalgamation. Commonly, amalgamation is a term used to describe the merger of two or more companies into one. Before J.P Morgan Chase was a single bank (or an amalgamation), it was two separate entities: J.P. Morgan and the Chase Manhattan Corporation. When you want to describe something as being made up of many previously separate parts, you can say it's an amalgamation.
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Example Sentences
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A virtual reality HR seminar is hosted by “a computerized amalgamation of all five personalities of the Rat Pack,” an immersive Autoverse, in which actors create situations that somehow amount to a driving test.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Otherwise, “What’s in the Box?” will interest game-show fans by being an amalgamation of all they’ve ever known and loved.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
Like any metropolis, Black Rock City is a diverse amalgamation of backgrounds, perspectives and demographics.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
The frozen dessert offers an amalgamation of textures in the best way possible.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2025
States, though—especially so-called empires formed by amalgamation or conquest of states—are regularly multiethnic and multilingual.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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