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to lump

to lump

61 6.1
To put different people or things together as if they are the same
  • verb
  • /lʌmp/
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  • You shouldn't lump all the students into one category based on their grades.
  • lump together
  • lump disparate items together
  • lump into a category

They try to lump you in the Instagram comedian talks.

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Examples

  • And essentially he's either trying to lump us all into the same thing.

  • Don't lump me in with him.

  • But yeah, yeah, I would personally struggle to lump them in with the album, I think.

  • Emily, when you lump it All together like this, I know how it sounds.

  • Enablers will also lump this under things like tough love.

  • They just kind of lump them all together.

  • Don't lump me in with everyone else, alright?

  • If we so much as raise a peep, they lump us together with the terrorists.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I think that there is a tendency to lump black and ethnic minorities together.

  • Look, all I'm saying is shouldn't there be options for education, choices for the individual instead of lumping everyone together in a single one-size-fits-all model?

Synonyms

to combine
vsto lump
638 2.7

To mix two or more things into one

groups items without considering their internal differences before joining
to consolidate
vsto lump
50 4.7

To join several things into one whole

groups without aiming to strengthen or improve their unity
to mingle
vsto lump
34 3.3

Mix together so things join and are hard to tell apart

groups without intending to mix or remove distinctions between items
to meld
vsto lump
18 5.3

To mix things so they become one

groups without blending or making elements indistinguishable
to clump
vsto lump
7 4.4

To come together into a small, close group

groups things without considering their differences rather than merely clustering by cause
to bunch together
vsto lump
5 3.1

To move or bring close together to form a small group

groups regardless of differences rather than focusing on neat organization
to amalgamate
vsto lump
  • Formal
4 7.4

To join several groups or parts to make one

groups without regard to differences rather than forming a unified structure
to chunk
vsto lump
1 3.9

To group similar things together into larger units

groups items without reorganizing them into larger structural units
to conglomerate
vsto lump
6.3

To gather different things into one group

groups items while ignoring their individual differences instead of truly merging them

Antonyms

To show or notice how things are different

Idioms

A tight, uncomfortable feeling in the throat when you feel very sad or nervous and want to cry

Tell someone to accept a situation they cannot change

Accept something as it is even if you do not like it

Phrasal Verbs

3 8.8

Accept something unpleasant without complaining

Compounds

lump sum
  • Specialized
16 3.7

A single large payment that you get all at once instead of in smaller parts

1.6

Sugar shaped into small cubes that you put in drinks to make them sweet

How Coarse

to pack
278 2.3
to lump
61 6.1
to group
38 1.2
sort
1.3
to classify
110 3.4

Surface Forms

lump infinitive
lumped past
lumped past participle
lumping present participle
lumps third person singular

Etymology

To lump things together comes from the same idea of making one 'mass' out of many parts, so it means to group different things without looking at their differences.