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amalgamate
What does amalgamate mean?
amalgamate (verb): to bring or combine together or with something else.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use amalgamate in a sentence?
- If health departments amalgamate their data, we can better understand the picture for the whole country. (Tatoeba sentence #8977914 by mccarras, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce amalgamate?
/əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does amalgamate come from?
From Medieval Latin amalgamātus, past participle of amalgamāre, amalgama.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of amalgamate?
Words related to amalgamate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “amalgamate” mean?
make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
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to bring or combine together or with something else
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to utter intentions of injury or punishment against
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to know of (something) before it happens; to expect
Not quite: that's what anticipate means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “amalgamate”?
cruise
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export
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depend
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mingle
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