samenvoegen — meaning in English

English meaning

• aggregate noun A total formed by combining several separate amounts or items.
• conflate verb To combine or mix together.
• join verb To connect two or more things so they form a single unit.
• merge verb To combine two or more things into one.
• Weld verb To join two pieces of metal by heating them until they fuse, often with added filler material.

Senses

samenvoegen is used for these senses in English:

• aggregate (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
• elide To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
• join (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
• weld (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.

aggregate — full definition

1. noun A total formed by combining several separate amounts or items.
2. noun Sand, gravel, or crushed stone used in construction, especially in making concrete.
3. adj Formed by combining separate items or amounts into a total.
4. verb To combine separate items into a total or single group.

conflate — full definition

1. verb To combine or mix together.
2. verb To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
3. verb To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.

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