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Conglomeration definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONGLOMERATION, n. The act of gathering into a ball; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

noun Date: 1626 1. the act of conglomerating ; the state of being conglomerated 2. something conglomerated ; a mixed mass or collection

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See congeries.

Moby Thesaurus

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