Conglomeration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Conglomeration is a noun meaning That which consists of many previously separate parts.
Meaning
That which consists of many previously separate parts.
More Meanings
- An instance of conglomerating, a coming together of separate parts.
Example Sentences
The green-purple conglomeration behaves nearly like a monospecific culture with characteristics halfway between those of the green and the purple, though metamorphosing more slowly than either[…]
A sallow prisoner has come up, in custody, for the half-dozenth time to make a personal application "to purge himself of his contempt," which, being a solitary surviving executor who has fallen into a state of conglomeration about accounts of which it is not pretended that he had ever any knowledge, he is not at all likely ever to do.
Word Forms
- conglomerations
Synonyms for conglomeration
Depending on context, synonyms include conglomerate, aggregate, congeries.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aggregate, congeries, assemblage, assembling, assembly, conglomerate.
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