CONGLOMERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conglomerate mean? 

• CONGLOMERATE (noun)
  The noun CONGLOMERATE has 2 senses:

1. a composite rock made up of particles of varying size

2. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

  Familiarity information: CONGLOMERATE used as a noun is rare.

• CONGLOMERATE (adjective)
  The adjective CONGLOMERATE has 1 sense:

1. composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass

  Familiarity information: CONGLOMERATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• CONGLOMERATE (verb)
  The verb CONGLOMERATE has 1 sense:

1. collect or gather

  Familiarity information: CONGLOMERATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONGLOMERATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A composite rock made up of particles of varying size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

conglomerate; pudding stone

Hypernyms ("conglomerate" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)

Derivation:

conglomerate (composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

conglomerate; empire

Hypernyms ("conglomerate" is a kind of...):

corp; corporation (a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conglomerate"):

publishing conglomerate; publishing empire (a conglomerate of publishing companies)

Derivation:

conglomerate (composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass)

• CONGLOMERATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass

Context example:

the conglomerate peoples of New England

Similar:

combined (made or joined or united into one)

Derivation:

conglomerate (a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization)

conglomerate (a composite rock made up of particles of varying size)

• CONGLOMERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they conglomerate    ... he / she / it conglomerates   
Past simple: conglomerated   
Past participle: conglomerated   
-ing form: conglomerating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Collect or gather

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

accumulate; amass; conglomerate; cumulate; gather; pile up

Context example:

The work keeps piling up

Hypernyms (to "conglomerate" is one way to...):

increase (become bigger or greater in amount)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conglomerate"):

backlog (accumulate and create a backlog)

accrete (grow or become attached by accretion)

drift (be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sentence example:

The crowds conglomerate in the streets

Derivation:

conglomeration (an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass)

conglomeration (a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together)

 Context examples 

A solid dosage form containing a conglomerate of medicinal particles that have been covered with a coating which releases a drug (or drugs) at a time other than promptly after administration.

(Delayed Release Particle Tablet Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The South Korean conglomerate sustained a massive eight percent loss in its share price at the end of Tuesday's stock market trading session.

(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)