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amalgamate
to combine separate things into a unified whole
Synonyms
- merge
- unite
- fuse
Antonyms
- separate
- divide
- split
amalgamate in a sentence
The district plans to amalgamate the two small schools into one academy.
The publisher amalgamated three regional newspapers into one national edition.
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin amalgama, meaning 'a mixture.'
Memory hook
AMALGAMATE sounds like 'a melded group': separate parts meld into one.
Read it in context
- The Moraine Calendar Nature
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