amalgamate

Universal Words into sth( 1 if two organizations amalgamate or are amalgamated, they join together to form one large organization: [V] The company has now amalgamated with another local firm. * A number of colleges have amalgamated to form the new university. * [VN] The two companies were amalgamated into one. * They decided to amalgamate the two schools. 2 [VN] ~ sth )into / with sth( to put two or more things together so that they form one: This information will be amalgamated with information obtained earlier amalgamation noun [U,C]: the amalgamation of small farms into larger units