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| 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: | mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, combo, commixture, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag, hodgepodge, hybrid, hybridization, incorporation, infiltration, interfusion, jumble, mash, medley, merger, mingling, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mosaic, mélange, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, soup, stew, transfusion, union, variety |
| Notes: | in a mixture, the combined elements lose their individual identities and are fused, blended, or compounded in the result; in a mix, the elements, though combined, retain their individual identities |
| Main Entry: | solidification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combination |
| Synonyms: | affiliation, alliance, coalition, merger, union |
| 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' |
| Main Entry: | marriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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affianced, affinal, antenuptial, apopemptoclinic, betrothed, bridal, conjugal, connubial, cornuted, desponsate, digamous, disespoused, dotal, eligible, endogamous, engaged, extramarital, hitched, horn, levirate, marital, maritorious, marriageable, married, married all over, matrimonial, morganatic, nubile, nuptial, one, one bone and one flesh, pentapopemptic, polyandrous, preternuptual, spousal, unmarried, uxorial, wedded
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| Main Entry: | mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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composite, farraginous, half, hybrid, implex, indiscriminate, linsey, miscellaneous, miscible, mixed, mongrel, motley, promiscuous
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| 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: | Increase. |
| Category: | 2. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY; CHANGES IN QUANTITY |
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-nouns
increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation (expansion); increment, accretion; accession; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent; exaggeration, exacerbation; spread (dispersion); flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.
-verbs
increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate (expand); grow, wax, get ahead; gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend; sprout., aggrandize; raise, exalt; deepen, heighten; strengthen; intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble; aggravate, exaggerate; exasperate, exacerbate; add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd (add) [more]; spread (disperse).
-adjectives
increased; on the increase, undiminished; additional (added).
-adverbs
crescendo.
-phrases
vires acquirit eundo [Vergil].
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| Antonyms: | decrease |
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| Concept: | Marriage. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie., married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation; the old ball and chain., match; betrothment (promise); wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar; nuptial benediction, epithalamium; sealing., torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen; hymeneal altar; honeymoon., bridesmaid, bridesman; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife., feme, feme coverte; squaw, lady; matron, matronage, matronhood; man and wife; wedded pair, Darby and Joan; spiritual wife., monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy; mormonism; levirate; spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism; polyandrism; Turk, bluebeard., unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill-assorted marriage; mesalliance; marriage de convenance., marriage broker; matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau; schatchen.
-verbs
marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, lead to the hymeneal altar, take "for better for worse," give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon., marry, join, handfast; couple (unit); tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth (promise); publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church.
-adjectives
married; one, one bone and one flesh. marriageable, nubile., engaged, betrothed, affianced., matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded; nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal.
-phrases
the gray mare the better horse; "a world-without-end bargain" [Love's Labor's Lost]; "marriages are made in Heaven" [Tennyson]; "render me worthy of
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| Antonyms: | celibacy (singleness); divorce |
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