English > compounding: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of combining things to form a new whole / whole. |
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| Synonyms | combination, combining |
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| Narrower | attachment, affixation | The act of attaching or affixing something |
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| blend, blending | The act of blending components together thoroughly |
| confusion | An act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended |
| consolidation, integration | The act of combining into an integral whole / whole |
| fusion | The act of fusing (or melting) together |
| interspersion, interspersal | The act of combining one thing at intervals among other things |
| mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing | The act of mixing together |
| temperance | The act of tempering |
| union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure | The act of making or becoming a single unit |
| Broader | change of integrity | The act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
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| Spanish | combinación, composición |
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| Catalan | combinació, composició, fórmula magistral |
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| Verbs | compound | put or add together |
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| compound | combine so as to form a whole |
| compound | create by mixing or combining |
