consolidation

Main Entry:
unification [yoo-nuh-fi-key-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: joining together
Synonyms: affinity, alliance, amalgamation, coalescence, coalition, combination, concurrence, confederation, connection, consolidation, coupling, federation, fusion, hookup, interlocking, linkage, melding, merger, merging, union, uniting
Antonyms: division, segregation, separation
Main Entry: concretion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: crystallization
Synonyms: coalescence, consolidation, fusion, solidification
Main Entry: incorporation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: the act of becoming a corporate body
Synonyms: affiliation, alliance, amalgamation, chartering, confederation, consolidation, establishment, federation, fraternization, merger, unification, unionization
Antonyms: disbanding, dissolution, division
Main Entry: junction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: connection
Synonyms: alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, juncture, knee, link, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld
Notes: junction means the place where two or more things come together while juncture means an event that occurs at a critical time or point in time when a critical decision must be made
Main Entry: narrowing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shortening
Synonyms: consolidation, contraction, lessening, reduction, restricting, tightening
Antonyms: broadening, enlargement, opening
Main Entry: amalgamation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mixture
Synonyms: admixture, amalgam, blend, combination, commixture, consolidation, fusion, intermixture, joining, merger, mix, union, uniting
Notes: an amalgam is what follows upon an amalgamation; amalgamation is a process in which things are combined and an amalgam is the result or consequence of that process - so amalgam means 'combination,' while amalgamation means 'the act of combining or uniting; consolidation'
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Combination.
Category: 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
Synonyms:
-nouns
combination; mixture; junction; union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization., alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertiun quid; resultant, impregnation.
-verbs
combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry.
-adjectives
combined; impregnated with, ingrained; imbued, inoculated.
Antonyms: decomposition
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Concept: Junction.
Category: 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
Synonyms:
-nouns
junction; joining; joinder, union connection, conjunction, cojugation; annexion, annexation, annexment; astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation; accouplement; marriage (wedlock); infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation; meeting, reunion; assemblage., coition, copulation; sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making., joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch; link; miter mortise., closeness, tightness; coherence; combination., annexationist.
-verbs
join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up; embody, reembody; roll into one., attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter (restrain); lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket; marry (wed); bridge over, span., braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase; graft, ingraft, inosculate; entwine, intwine; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up., be joined; hang together, hold together; cohere.
-adjectives
joined; joint; conjoint, conjunct; corporate, compact; hand in hand., firm, fast, close, tight, taut, secure, set, intervolved; inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable.
-adverbs
jointly; in conjunction with (in addition to); fast, firmly; intimately.
-phrases
tria juncta in uno.
Antonyms: disjunction
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