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Combination 76% connected

The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

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Combining 76% connected

of Combine

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Compounding 76% connected

of Compound

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Gradation 76% connected

The act of progressing by regular steps or orderly arrangement; the state of being graded or arranged in ranks; as, the gradation of castes.

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Graduation 76% connected

The act of graduating, or the state of being graduated; as, graduation of a scale; graduation at a college; graduation in color; graduation by evapor…

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Confluence 76% connected

The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

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Conflux 76% connected

A flowing together; a meeting of currents.

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Merging 76% connected

of Merge

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Blend 92% connected

To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguis…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shading 92% connected

of Shade

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Acronym noun · 86% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…

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Admixture noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Attachment noun · 86% connection

the act of attaching or affixing something

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Base noun · 86% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Commixture noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Compound noun · 86% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Compound word noun · 86% connection

a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…

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Confusion noun · 86% connection

an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the To…

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Conjugation noun · 86% connection

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for…

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Consolidation noun · 86% connection

the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were pass…

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form noun · 86% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Fusion noun · 86% connection

the act of fusing (or melting) together

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Initialism noun · 86% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…

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Integration noun · 86% connection

the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were pass…

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Intermixture noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Interspersion noun · 86% connection

the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; "the interspersion of illustrations in the text"

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Jointure noun · 86% connection

the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for…

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Mix noun · 86% connection

the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"

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Amalgamate verb · 78% connection

To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.

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Blended imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Blend

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Blent unknown · 78% connection

of Blend

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Blunge verb · 78% connection

To amalgamate and blend; to beat up or mix in water, as clay.

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Commingle v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend.

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Commix v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To mix or mingle together; to blend.

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Confound verb · 78% connection

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

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Confuse verb · 78% connection

To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to conf…

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Fuse verb · 78% connection

To unite or blend, as if melted together.

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Immingle verb · 78% connection

To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend.

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Incorporate verb · 78% connection

To unite intimately; to blend; to assimilate; to combine into a structure or organization, whether material or mental; as, to incorpor…

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Involve verb · 78% connection

To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.

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