amalgamated
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- adjective
- /əˈmælɡəˌmeɪtɪd/
- Formal
:
amalgamado
- Their amalgamated efforts resulted in a stronger community response to the crisis.
- Amalgamated Workers
- Amalgamated Clothing
Examples
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And that is what is going to happen to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
Blog text (12) -
and Mr Tom Sharkey, of the Amalgamated Union of Engineers.
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All these mini-vocalizations are the effect of the local university, the Amalgamated Education Corporation, as I call it, my employer.
Fiction book (1998) -
This is Franklin Harrison Jr. speaking on the Amalgamated Network for Sentela.
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The Democratic Party succeeded in carrying the Italian-American districts in the strongholds of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America also in the 1940s.
Academic text (1996) -
Industry-wide unions such as the United Steel Workers and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers have promoted worker ownership and helped to establish the AFL-CIO Employee Partnership Fund, which provides capital for union-led conversions to worker ownership.
Academic text (1995) -
The project was successful because it combined ideas from several teams into an amalgamated plan.
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The new software is an amalgamated system that integrates various functionalities into one program.
Synonyms
∞
2.2
Joined as one group and working toward the same goal
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4.1
Different parts join to make one whole
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3.8
Having different parts that work together as one
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4.9
Combined into one unit from separate parts
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5.2
Joined together so they act or work as one
When things or people join to work as one unit
Joined together to form one thing
Joined together to form one whole
Joined together to form one thing like metals or teams
Joined by several people or groups to act as one
Made by combining several separate amounts into one total
Antonyms
How Combined
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4.1
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3.8
- Formal
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6.0
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
amalgamated = amalgamate (semi-transparent) = amalgam + ate + ed
Formation from the verb 'amalgamate' to the past-participle/adjective 'amalgamated' is a regular and clear suffixation.
Etymology
Amalgamated comes from amalgam, an old word meaning 'a mixture' that was used for joining metals like mercury and gold. So, when things are amalgamated they are 'mixed' or joined into a 'single whole'.