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conglomeration

/kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/

conglomeration noun: that which consists of many previously separate parts.

Noun

conglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural conglomerations)

  1. That which consists of many previously separate parts.
    • 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[…]1928, M. W. deLaubenfels, “Experiments concerning Cellular Behavior and Physiology of Sponges”, in Carnegie Institution Year Book No. 27, 1927-28, page 276; republished as Pamphlets on Biology...
    Synonyms:
    conglomerate
  2. An instance of conglomerating, a coming together of separate parts.
    • 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...1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

conglomeration meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

conglomeration in Tamil

திரட்டு, திரளை, குமிழ், கூட்டம்

conglomeration in Bengali

সমষ্টি, স্তূপ

conglomeration in Telugu

conglomeration
కలగూరగంప kalagūragampa

conglomeration in Kannada

ಮುದ್ದೆಯಾಗುವಿಕೆ, ಉಂಡೆಯಾಗುವಿಕೆ, ಹಲಕೂಡುಗೆ, ಹಲಸೇರುವೆ, ಹಲಸೇರುವಿಕೆ, ಕಲಬೆರಕೆ
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conglomeration in Sanskrit
संदेह saṃdehá

Synonyms of conglomeration

Forms of conglomeration

pluralconglomerations

Words that rhyme with conglomeration

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Questions about conglomeration

What does conglomeration mean?
Conglomeration means that which consists of many previously separate parts.
What is conglomeration in Tamil?
Conglomeration in Tamil is திரட்டு, திரளை, குமிழ். See Conglomeration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is conglomeration?
Conglomeration is a noun.
How do you pronounce conglomeration?
Conglomeration is pronounced /kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/ (US).
What is the plural of conglomeration?
The plural of conglomeration is conglomerations.

Words near conglomeration in the dictionary

  1. conglomerates
  2. conglomerateur
  3. conglomerateurs
  4. conglomeratic
  5. conglomerating
  6. conglomeration
  7. conglomerations
  8. conglomerative
  9. conglomerator
  10. conglomerators
  11. conglomeritic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conglomeration (page history and authors); conglomeration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conglomeration (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కలగూరగంప (Telugu) (page history and authors); conglomeration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); संदेह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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