amalgamate

American  

[uh-mal-guh-mayt] / əˈmæl gəˌmeɪt /

verb (used with object)

• amalgamates,
  present (3rd person singular)
• amalgamated,
  past participle,  past
• amalgamating
  present participle

1. to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine.

   to amalgamate two companies.

2. Metallurgy. to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury.

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verb (used without object)

• amalgamates,
  present (3rd person singular)
• amalgamated,
  past participle,  past
• amalgamating
  present participle

1. to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce.

   The three schools decided to amalgamate.

2. to blend with another metal, as mercury.

amalgamate British  

/ əˈmælɡəˌmeɪt /

verb

1. to combine or cause to combine; unite

2. to alloy (a metal) with mercury

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• amalgamator
  noun
• reamalgamate
  verb
• amalgamable
  adjective
• amalgamative
  adjective
• unamalgamable
  adjective
• unamalgamated
  adjective
• unamalgamating
  adjective
• unamalgamative
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• amalgamating
  present
• amalgamated
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• amalgamate
  simple
• amalgamates
  simple
• have amalgamated
  perfect
• has amalgamated
  perfect
• am amalgamating
  progressive
• are amalgamating
  progressive
• is amalgamating
  progressive
• have been amalgamating
  perfect progressive
• has been amalgamating
  perfect progressive

Past

• amalgamated
  simple
• had amalgamated
  perfect
• was amalgamating
  progressive
• were amalgamating
  progressive
• had been amalgamating
  perfect progressive

Future

• will amalgamate
  simple
• will have amalgamated
  perfect
• will be amalgamating
  progressive
• will have been amalgamating
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of amalgamate

1635–45 amalgam + -ate ¹ ( def. )

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Explanation

To amalgamate is to combine different things to create something new. Institutions — such as banks, schools, or hospitals — often join forces and amalgamate with one other. But other things — like musical genres — get amalgamated as well. The verb amalgamate originally referred specifically to the mixture of metals; now however, it refers to any mixing or blending. A school board might decide to amalgamate two schools into one school due to a decrease in the student population, but amalgamating their mascots would be impossible.

Example Sentences

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But Will Smith, chief executive of Greenshaw, said the trust believes "it's in the best children's interests to amalgamate the schools".

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Open from other premier events that amalgamate sports with socializing, like the Kentucky Derby.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024

And I remember arriving and saying, “Listen, just for my own edification, I’d love to see the flier that you used to amalgamate this crowd that’s going to see this thing tonight.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

"Sumar is a quiet force that talks about people's lives ..., committed to solving problems," summarised Diaz, who presided over tumultuous negotiations to amalgamate various hard-left, left-leaning and green regionalist brands.

From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2023

But we are still left with the question of how small, simple societies actually evolve or amalgamate into large, complex ones.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

By suggesting a dialogue with the Passion narrative that is central to Christianity, “Buddha Passion” moreover boldly amalgamates elements from different religious perspectives.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

Working with performance and video, he flamboyantly amalgamates elements of rave parties, Butoh dance and Asian religions to produce hypnotically weird optics.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2019

YouTube has since compiled educational channels into YouTube EDU, which amalgamates the site’s most popular informational videos.

From Forbes ● Jun. 23, 2015

This mix manifests on  in songs like the hectic Gatling gun ratatat of “Bring the Noize”, which amalgamates dancehall, drum and bass, trap, and Bollywood without ever including more than a handful of musical elements.

From Time ● Nov. 7, 2013

The very subject amalgamates, in one moral idea, times, epochs, localities.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 by Various

Together, these changes led to the end of what Mr. White calls “the amalgamated city and its possibilities,” and the twilight of the first free black New Yorkers’ moment in the sun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The site will be amalgamated with the adjacent Oweninny wind farm, where 60 turbines already produce 192 megawatts of electricity, powering up to 140,000 homes and businesses.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

She believes wellness culture has become culty in its own right, with wishy-washy aspects from different belief systems amalgamated into social media-friendly idioms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024

This museum was founded in 1863 and amalgamated with the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum in 1902.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

At the time, however, it seemed to me that in the Chief all the most photogenic features of Buck Jones, Ken Maynard, and Tom Mix had been smoothly amalgamated.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

The federal government is amalgamating a multitude of big data sources from individual agencies , including the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

Several other schemes for amalgamating ranked votes into a winner have been proposed.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023

“So they’re amalgamating them, they’re refitting them, they’re reinforcing them and then moving them around,” Barrons told AP.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

Producers are amalgamating two productions with harrowingly topical stories for a run on alternating nights at the Lyceum Theatre.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021

The slaves are being gradually freed, and are amalgamating with the rest of the populace.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou

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