conglomeration
Americannoun
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the act of conglomerating; the state of being conglomerated.
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a cohering mass; cluster.
- Synonyms:
- conglomerate, aggregation, aggregate, agglomeration
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a heterogeneous combination.
a conglomeration of ideas.
- Synonyms:
- conglomerate, aggregation, aggregate, agglomeration
noun
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a conglomerate mass
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a mass of miscellaneous things
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the act of conglomerating or the state of being conglomerated
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Etymology
Origin of conglomeration
1620–30; < Late Latin conglomerātiōn- (stem of conglomerātiō ), equivalent to conglomerāt ( us ) conglomerate + -iōn- -ion
Explanation
Conglomeration is a fancy word for a bunch of stuff brought together. People, companies, ideas, and other things can group together in conglomerations. If you ever want something and you're asked why, you could show off your vocabulary and say, "I have a conglomeration of reasons!" That means you have a bunch of reasons that may or may not be connected. A huge mob of people could be described as a conglomeration — which sounds nicer than "mob." The "with" should be a reminder that this is a word that brings things or people together. In the dictionary, you'll find a conglomeration of words — like "conversation" and "concert" — that use con- to suggest a bringing together.
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The Glass Menagerie
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The Princess Bride
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Example Sentences
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Looking like a life jacket thrown into a car compactor, the work weaves a floppy beam of hazard-orange steel around and through a menacing conglomeration of rusty metal scraps.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It’s a conglomeration of something that’s even better together.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The age of conglomeration is designed to keep ever bigger buffer zones between owners and workers, buyers and sellers.
From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025
What streaming programming will look like in the future is unclear, but the trend toward conglomeration seems ongoing—as evidenced by the Disney+, Hulu, and Max bundle promised for this summer.
From Slate • May 25, 2024
Richard Lopez was a rib-thin conglomeration of ropy muscle and burning energy.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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