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amalgamate
Meaning: to combine separate things into a unified whole
amalgamate in a sentence
How amalgamate is used in real sentences:
The district plans to amalgamate the two small schools into one academy.
The publisher amalgamated three regional newspapers into one national edition.
“Back at camp, she began to amalgamate hundreds of scattered observations into a single chronological record, aligning location, diameter, and elevation.”
— from the passage The Moraine Calendar
Synonyms for amalgamate
Other words for amalgamate — merge, unite and fuse — carry the same meaning.
- merge
- unite
- fuse
Antonyms of amalgamate
Words that mean the opposite of amalgamate:
- separate
- divide
- split
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin amalgama, meaning 'a mixture.'
Memory hook
AMALGAMATE sounds like 'a melded group': separate parts meld into one.
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