amalgamation
pronunciation
How to pronounce amalgamation in British English:
UK [əˌmælɡə'meɪʃn]
How to pronounce amalgamation in American English:
US [əˌmælɡəˈmeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the combination of two or more commercial companies
Word Origin
- amalgamation (n.)
- 1610s, noun of action from archaic amalgam (v.) "to alloy with mercury" (see amalgamate). Figurative, non-chemical sense of "a combining into one uniform whole" is attested from 1775.
Example
- 1. Surname is a miniature of the confucianism , patriarchal clan system and the amalgamation of culture .
- 2. They entered into talks with a view to amalgamation .
- 3. As a country , nigeriais a british colonial creation ; formed in january 1914 by the amalgamation of three separate colonial territories .
- 4. Over the next several centuries these kingdoms oversaw the gradual amalgamation of barbarian , christian , and roman cultural and political traditions .
- 5. Verne was the son of a highly analytical father and a highly imaginative mother , and this amalgamation shows in his writing .