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amalgamate

/əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/

amalgamate verb: to merge, to combine, to blend, to join.

Verb

amalgamate (third-person singular simple present amalgamates, present participle amalgamating, simple past and past participle amalgamated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
    • to amalgamate two races
    • to amalgamate one race with another
    Synonyms:
    mix
    Antonyms:
    separate
  2. To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
  3. (transitive) To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.

Adjective

amalgamate (comparative more amalgamate, superlative most amalgamate)

  1. Coalesced; united; combined.

Noun

amalgamate (plural amalgamates)

  1. The substance resulting from a process of amalgamation.

amalgamate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

amalgamate in Tamil

பாதரசக் கலவையாக்கு, இணைத்தல், ஒகிணைந்த, பலமொழகள் கலந்த, ஒன்றுபடு, கல

amalgamate in Urdu

انضمام, گھل مل جانا, آمیزَہ, مِل جانا, یَک جا کَرنا, مُلغَم بَنانا

amalgamate in Bengali

মেশানো, একত্র করা, মিশ্রিত করা, যুক্ত হওয়া

amalgamate in Malayalam

ഒന്നാക്കുക, സംയോജിപ്പിക്കുക
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amalgamate in Kannada
ಸೇರಿಸು, ಕೂಡಿಸು, ಬೆರೆಸು, ಸಂಯೋಜಿಸು

Examples of amalgamate in a sentence

  • Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […]...
  • At length, the two schemes were amalgamated to form the Manchester & Birmingham, which was to pass through the Potteries and join the Grand Junction at Chebsey, a few miles north of Stafford.1957 September, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:

Synonyms of amalgamate

Antonyms

Forms of amalgamate

Verb
third-person singular presentamalgamates
present participleamalgamating
past participleamalgamated
pastamalgamated
Adjective
comparativemore amalgamate
superlativemost amalgamate
Noun
pluralamalgamates

Past tense of amalgamate: amalgamated

Origin of amalgamate

From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.

Words formed from amalgamate

Questions about amalgamate

What does amalgamate mean?
Amalgamate means to merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
What is amalgamate in Tamil?
Amalgamate in Tamil is பாதரசக் கலவையாக்கு, இணைத்தல், ஒகிணைந்த. See Amalgamate meaning in Tamil.
How do you use amalgamate in a sentence?
Ingratitude is indeed their four cardinal virtues compacted and amalgamated into one.
What part of speech is amalgamate?
Amalgamate can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce amalgamate?
Amalgamate is pronounced /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/.
What is the past tense of amalgamate?
The past tense of amalgamate is amalgamated.

Words near amalgamate in the dictionary

  1. amalgam gilding
  2. amalgam tattoo
  3. amalgam tattoos
  4. amalgama
  5. amalgamable
  6. amalgamate
  7. amalgamated
  8. amalgamates
  9. amalgamating
  10. amalgamation
  11. amalgamationism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amalgamate (page history and authors); amalgamate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amalgamate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amalgamate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amalgamate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amalgamate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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