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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
