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Conflux

A flowing together; a meeting of currents.

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Blend 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Blending 76% connected

of Blend

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Confluence 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Merging 92% connected

of Merge

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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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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the act of attaching or affixing something

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Back-formation noun · 86% connection

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

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Caesura noun · 86% connection

a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

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the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Compounding noun · 86% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Conversion noun · 86% connection

interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition

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(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

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Enjambement noun · 86% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Enjambment noun · 86% connection

the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

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Fusion noun · 86% connection

the act of fusing (or melting) together

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Adjourn verb · 78% connection

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or…

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Affluent adjective · 78% connection

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

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Call verb · 78% connection

To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; a…

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Caucus noun · 78% connection

A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select d…

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Collapse verb · 78% connection

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

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Collision noun · 78% connection

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

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Concourse noun · 78% connection

A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

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Concurrence noun · 78% connection

The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

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Conflate verb · 78% connection

To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

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Confluent adjective · 78% connection

Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.

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Congression noun · 78% connection

A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse.

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Convener noun · 78% connection

One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body.

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