amalgamate

Word family

a·mal·ga·mate /əˈmælɡəmeɪt/ verb formal

1 UNITE[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if two organizations amalgamate, or if one amalgamates with another, they join and make one big organization （使）〔两个机构〕联合，（使）合并 SYN merge

amalgamate something with/into/under something

The agency is expected to amalgamate with the National Rivers Authority.

这个机构预计会与国家河流管理局合并。

2 [transitiveT] to combine two or more things together to make one thing 使混合

Stir until the ingredients are amalgamated.

搅拌至配料完全混合。

amalgamate something with/into something

The editors will amalgamate all the information into one article.

编辑将把所有的资料汇编成一篇文章。

—amalgamation /əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

an amalgamation between two companies

两家公司的合并

Examples from the Corpus

amalgamate• As the companies amalgamate and compete across wider areas they need to drive overheads down.• The two schools amalgamated in 1974.• The 55 army battalions would be amalgamated into 23 units.• A and B squadrons amalgamated into a single squadron.• Worries have been expressed about the current trend of amalgamating sales teams.• The selection seems to have taken into account the moves within London University to amalgamate some colleges and form five science centres.• Moreover, technically speaking, this would be the perfect moment to amalgamate the three major currencies into one.• Then mix the dry into the wet, beating only long enough to amalgamate the two.• Some local areas will be amalgamated to improve their economics and management.• A possible future is that regions will pass away and districts amalgamate to make contracts for more specialist services - tertiary care.• They amalgamated under him as mineral master general in 1709-10.• The women's association has amalgamated with the men's.

From Longman Business Dictionary