Amalgamation
/əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/
nounIntermediate📊CommonProcess
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Definitions
1
The act of combining or uniting different elements into a whole.
/əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/
nounneutralIntermediate
Process
The process of combining or uniting things.
The amalgamation of their efforts resulted in a successful project.
💡 Simply: Mixing things together to make one thing.
More Examples
2
The museum is an amalgamation of art from various periods.
How It's Used
Business
"The amalgamation of the two companies created a powerful new entity."
Politics
"The amalgamation of different political groups formed a coalition."
From Late Latin *amalgamatio, from Latin amalgama (a mixture, alloy). The word's development reflects the historical use of the term to describe the combining of metals.
Historically, the word emphasized the merging of metals, later expanding to encompass other areas.
Memory tip
Imagine a metal amalgam – different metals combined into one.
Word Origin
LanguageLatin
Original meaning
"a mixture, alloy"
Base: amalgamate
successful amalgamationcomplex amalgamationrecent amalgamation
Common misspellings
amalgamationgamalgimationamalgamaton
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