Meaning & use
pooling
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Combining resources, funds, efforts, or information from multiple sources for shared use.
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The neighbors are pooling their money to fix the shared driveway.
Researchers are pooling data from several hospitals to study the disease more effectively.
A note on using this word
From "pool," a shared fund or collection, this sense has nothing to do with swimming pools but with the older meaning of a common stake or stock.
Words with a similar meaning
combiningcollecting
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Words with an opposite meaning
dividingseparating
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