CONGLOMERATION DEFINITIONS - 7 definitions found
conglomeration n 1: a rounded spherical form [syn: conglomeration, conglobation] 2: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration] 3: an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass [syn: conglomeration, conglobation] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) conglomeration noun Date: 1626 1. the act of conglomerating ; the state of being conglomerated 2. something conglomerated ; a mixed mass or collection Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary conglomeration (conglomerations) A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together. (FORMAL) ...a conglomeration of peoples speaking different languages. N-COUNT: usu N of n Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Conglomeration \Con*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.] The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. --Bacon. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms conglomeration n. See congeries. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 182 Moby Thesaurus words for "conglomeration": Anschluss, accretion, accumulation, acervation, addition, adherence, adhesion, affiliation, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregate, aggregation, agreement, all sorts, alliance, amalgamation, amassment, articulation, assemblage, assimilation, association, assortment, blend, blending, block, body, bond, bracketing, breccia, broad spectrum, bunch, cabal, cake, cartel, centralization, chunk, cling, clinging, clot, clotting, clump, cluster, clustering, coagulation, coalescence, coalition, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, collectanea, collection, colluvies, combination, combine, combo, communication, compaction, composition, concatenation, concourse, concrete, concretion, concurrence, condensation, confederacy, confederation, confluence, congealment, congelation, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conjugation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, conspiracy, convergence, copulation, coupling, cumulation, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fusion, gallimaufry, gathering, glomeration, gob, hash, hoard, hodgepodge, hookup, hotchpot, hotchpotch, hunk, inclusion, incorporation, inseparability, integration, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, jumble, junction, junta, knot, knotting, league, liaison, linkage, linking, lump, magpie, marriage, mash, mass, medley, meeting, melange, meld, melding, merger, merging, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, node, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, package, package deal, pairing, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, set, snowball, solid, solid body, solidification, splice, stew, sticking, stockpile, sundries, symbiosis, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, trove, unification, union, variety, wad, wedding, what you will, yoking |
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