| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | Combination. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
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-nouns
-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.
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| 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.
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| Antonyms: | disjunction |
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