Word
amalgamation
Phoneticsamal·ga·ma·tion
US/əˌmæɫɡəˈmeɪʃən/
UK/ɐmˌælɡɐmˈeɪʃən/
Definition
n. the process of joining two or more things together to make one single thing. It is often used when talking about businesses or groups that combine.
n. the action, process, or result of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form. Often used in legal, corporate, or chemical contexts to describe the merging of distinct elements.
Examples
“The new company is an amalgamation of two smaller firms.”
“The final report was an amalgamation of several different studies conducted over the last decade.”
“The city's unique architectural style is a fascinating amalgamation of colonial influences and modern industrial design, reflecting its complex history of trade and rapid expansion.”
Examples
simple
“The new company is an amalgamation of two smaller firms.”
contextual
“The final report was an amalgamation of several different studies conducted over the last decade.”
complex
“The city's unique architectural style is a fascinating amalgamation of colonial influences and modern industrial design, reflecting its complex history of trade and rapid expansion.”
Usage
Often followed by the preposition 'of' to indicate the components being combined.
Real-World Examples
“Wessex was, in Hardy's words , a "partly real, partly dream" country: an amalgamation of imagined and real-world geography.” “The first team (actually an amalgamation of two real-life teams led by Sverre Pettersen and Geoffrey Wolfe) focused on the physical development of weather systems.” Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgamātiō.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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