amalgamate
pronunciation
How to pronounce amalgamate in British English:
UK [əˈmælgəmeɪt]
How to pronounce amalgamate in American English:
US [əˈmælɡəˌmet]
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- Verb:
- to bring or combine together or with something else
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- Adjective:
- joined together into a whole
Word Origin
- amalgamate
- amalgamate: [17] Amalgamate is a derivative of amalgam, a term for an alloy of mercury and another metal (now usually used for tooth fillings) borrowed into English from French or medieval Latin in the 15th century. Latin (amalagama) probably acquired the word from the Greek adjective málagma ‘softening’, a derivative of the verb malássein ‘soften’, which is a distant relative of English malleable (see MALLET).
- amalgamate (v.)
- 1650s, back-formation from amalgamation, or from adjective amalgamate (1640s) from amalgam. Originally in metallurgy; figurative sense of "to unite" (races, etc.) is attested from 1802. Related: Amalgamated; amalgamating. Earlier verb was amalgamen (1540s).
Example
- 1. What we need is not to change our methodology , but rather to amalgamate our tools .
- 2. As for the name , amalgamate means to mix two things to make them one .
- 3. In the same week that rioters torched cars , the country 's justices also took to the streets during a strike to protest against her plans to amalgamate courts .
- 4. Highly near-sighted to amalgamate retina split holes , will cause detachment of retina , send to blind .
- 5. Chinese family enterprise culture can 't produce good effect until chinese enterprise culture amalgamate with excellent culture of china .