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lump together

lump together verb: to put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group (either knowingly or unknowingly, and either advisedly or unadvisedly).

Verb

lump together (third-person singular simple present lumps together, present participle lumping together, simple past and past participle lumped together)

  1. To put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group (either knowingly or unknowingly, and either advisedly or unadvisedly).
    • Near-synonyms: combine; aggregate
    • In this discussion, we will lump together various breeds of spaniels, because the differences among them don't matter for our practical purposes here.
    Synonyms:
    combine, aggregate

Synonyms of lump together

Antonyms

Forms of lump together

third-person singular presentlumps together
present participlelumping together
past participlelumped together
pastlumped together

Questions about lump together

What does lump together mean?
Lump together means to put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group (either knowingly or unknowingly, and either advisedly or unadvisedly).
What part of speech is lump together?
Lump together is a verb.
What is the past tense of lump together?
The past tense of lump together is lumped together.

Words near lump together in the dictionary

  1. lump it
  2. lump sum
  3. lump sums
  4. lump the lighter
  5. lump to one's throat
  6. lump together
  7. lump up
  8. lump work
  9. lump-sugar
  10. lumpabilities
  11. lumpability

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