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amalgamation

UK/əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/US/əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,615 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: amalgamations

An amalgamation is the joining of separate bodies into one. The amalgamation of the two firms, an amalgamation of styles, propose an amalgamation.

The word came from metallurgy, where amalgamation is the mixing of mercury with another metal, which is what dental fillings once relied on. The corporate sense borrows the image of two things fused into one substance.

Definitions of amalgamation

  1. 1nounamalgamationThe joining of separate bodies into one.C1

    “The new university was formed by the amalgamation of two smaller colleges.”

amalgamation is a joining.

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin amalgama names a soft mixture, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Arabic.

  1. Medieval Latin

    amalgamātiō

  2. English, today

    amalgamation

From Medieval Latin amalgamātiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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amalgamation in the wild

  • In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones.

    Consolidation (business)

  • There may be amalgamations, either by transfer of two or more undertakings to a new company or the transfer of one or more companies to an existing company".

    Consolidation (business)

  • Some cities (see below) that have gone through amalgamation or a similar process had several administrative sub-divisions or jurisdictions, each with a separate person in charge.

    Merger (politics)

  • The amalgamations of characters or the Amalgam versions of one character are given.

    List of Amalgam Comics characters

  • New district associations were established in other towns in Lancashire and Cheshire on the initiative of the amalgamation, and by 1910 it had 21 branches with 2,790 members.

    Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen's Association

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.