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conglomeration

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con·glom·er·a·tion  (kn-glm-rshn)
n.
1.
a. The act or process of conglomerating.
b. The state of being conglomerated.
2. An accumulation of miscellaneous things.

Conglomeration a cluster; things joined into a compact body, coil, or ball.
Examples: conglomeration of buildings, 1858; of chances; of Christian names, 1842; of men, 1866; of sounds, 1626; of threads of silk worms, 1659; of vessels, 1697; of words.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.conglomeration - a rounded spherical form
sphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)
2.conglomeration - a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
plankton - the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
nekton - the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
sum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
3.conglomeration - an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass
combining, combine - an occurrence that results in things being united
Translations
Spanish conglomeration [kənglɔməˈreɪʃən] nconglomeración f
French conglomeration [kənglɔməˈreɪʃən] ngroupement m; agglomération f
German conglomeration [kənglɔməˈreɪʃən] conglomerate nAnsammlung f
Italian conglomeration [kənglɔməˈreɪʃən] nconglomerazione f

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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.
In short, the natural Frenchman is a conglomeration of commonplace, petty, everyday positiveness, so that he is the most tedious person in the world.
It was, in reality, a conglomeration of smaller clouds.
 
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