conglomerate

Speech parts

1. conglomerate - Noun

2. conglomerate - Adjective

3. conglomerate - Verb

4. conglomerate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers.

Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.

That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.

A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia.

To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

empire gather accumulate amass cumulate pile up pudding stone union mass association corporation confederation corp porphyry group
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Antonyms

fork point single individual separate independent
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Hypernyms

corporation corp increase stone rock

Hyponyms

drift backlog accrete publishing conglomerate publishing empire

Related terms

glomerulus glomerule glomerulonephritis glomeration glomerate glomerular

Phrases with the word

conglomerate of nations conglomerate fruit conglomerate corporation conglomerate merger conglomerate number

Derivatives

conglomerated conglomerating

Examples

Journals are accumulating in my office Source: Internet

The work keeps piling up Source: Internet

the conglomerate peoples of New England Source: Internet

A kind of financial oligarchy or conglomerate therefore results, whereby government officials aim to provide the social and legal framework within which giant corporations can operate most effectively. Source: Internet

Among leasing firms, Avolon is in an especially tough position as it’s part-owned by China’s debt-laden HNA Group Co., a once-sprawling conglomerate now under state control after being battered by the coronavirus outbreak. Source: Internet

Boulos grew up in Lagos, where his family owns “a multibillion-dollar conglomerate that trades in vehicles, equipment, retail and construction,” making him (on paper at least) a perfect fit for a Trump in-law. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

conglobulation conglomerability conglomerable conglomerate corporation conglomerate fruit conglomerate merger