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- Dictionarya·mal·ga·mate/əˈmalɡəˌmāt/
verb
- 1. combine or unite to form one organization or structure: "he amalgamated his company with another"
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The meaning of AMALGAMATE is to unite in or as if in an amalgam; especially : to merge into a single body. How to use amalgamate in a sentence.
AMALGAMATE definition: 1. to join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations do…. Learn more.
To amalgamate is to combine different things to create something new. Institutions — such as banks, schools, or hospitals — often join forces and amalgamate with one other. But other things — like musical genres — get amalgamated as well.
Definition of amalgamate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] if two organizations amalgamate or are amalgamated, they join together to form one large organization synonym merge. A number of colleges have amalgamated to form the new university.
AMALGAMATE meaning: 1. to join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations do…. Learn more.
Synonyms for AMALGAMATE: combine, merge, mix, integrate, blend, incorporate, add, meld; Antonyms of AMALGAMATE: separate, divide, break down, break up, dissolve, sever, cleave, part
When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
1. to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite: to amalgamate two companies. 2. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury. 3. to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce: The three schools decided to amalgamate. a•mal′ga•ma`tor, n.
OED's earliest evidence for amalgamate is from 1738, in a translation by Godfrey Smith. It is also recorded as a verb from the late 1500s. amalgamate is formed within English, by derivation.
AMALGAMATE meaning: to unite (two or more things, such as two businesses) into one thing often used as (be) amalgamated
