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- DictionaryA·mal·ga·ma·tion/əˌmalɡəˈmāSHən/
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- 1. the action, process, or result of combining or uniting: "the threat of amalgamation with a competitor"
amalgamation. noun [ U or C ] us / əˌmæl.ɡəˈmeɪ.ʃ ə n / uk / əˌmæl.ɡəˈmeɪ.ʃ ə n / Add to word list. the process in which separate organizations unite to form a larger organization or group, or an organization or group formed in this way: The association was formed by the amalgamation of several regional environmental organizations.
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.
noun. /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃn/ [uncountable, countable] amalgamation (of A) (into B) | amalgamation (of A) (with B) the process of joining two or more organizations together to form one large organization; the large organization formed by this process. the amalgamation of small farms into larger units.
to join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations do this: The electricians ' union is planning to amalgamate with the technicians ' union. The different offices will be amalgamated as/into employment advice centers. Synonym. merge. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Connecting and combining. abut.
1. The act of amalgamating or the condition resulting from this act. 2. A consolidation or merger, as of several corporations. 3. The production of a metal alloy of mercury. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Amalgamate definition: to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine. See examples of AMALGAMATE used in a sentence.
3 days ago · noun. 1. the act or process of amalgamating. 2. the state or result of being amalgamated. 3. Commerce. a consolidation of two or more corporations. 4. Metallurgy. the extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
