conglomerate

kən-ˈglä-mə-rət 4 syllables rare

  1. adjective.made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds

    • the conglomerate peoples of New England
    • a conglomerate empire

  2. verb.to gather into a mass or coherent whole

    • Infinite numbers of dull people conglomerated round her …

  3. verb.accumulate

  4. noun.a composite mass or mixture; especially: rock composed of rounded fragments varying from small pebbles to large boulders in a cement (as of hardened clay)

    • an international conglomerate of some 350 businesses

  5. noun.a widely diversified corporation

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Origin

Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare to roll together, from com- + glomerare to wind into a ball, from glomer-, glomus ball.

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