conglomeration

[ kuhn-glom-uh-rey-shuhn, kuhng- ]
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noun
  1. the act of conglomerating; the state of being conglomerated.

  2. a cohering mass; cluster.

  1. a heterogeneous combination: a conglomeration of ideas.

Origin of conglomeration

1
1620–30; <Late Latin conglomerātiōn- (stem of conglomerātiō), equivalent to conglomerāt(us) conglomerate + -iōn--ion

Other words for conglomeration

Other words from conglomeration

  • con·glom·er·a·tive [kuhn-glom-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv, kuhng-], /kənˈglɒm ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv, kəŋ-/, adjective

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How to use conglomeration in a sentence

  • It was furnished in a manner that would have delighted a connoisseur, but Elizabeth did not admire the conglomeration.

    A Little Girl in Old Salem | Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • And these examples prove that bodies are nothing but a conglomeration of molecules.

    In Search of a Son | William Shepard Walsh
  • The conglomeration of personalities effaces the identity alike of the statesman and the artist, the savant and the cyprian.

    Marse Henry (Vol. 2) | Henry Watterson
  • He sat and gazed in blank dismay at the odd conglomeration on the plate that Frank had passed to him.

  • The huge conglomeration of sights and sounds made an unforgettable impression upon her.

    North of Fifty-Three | Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for conglomeration

conglomeration

/ (kənˌɡlɒməˈreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. a conglomerate mass

  2. a mass of miscellaneous things

  1. the act of conglomerating or the state of being conglomerated

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