Conglomerate Definition
kən-glŏmə-rāt
conglomerated, conglomerates, conglomerating
verb
conglomerated, conglomerates, conglomerating
To form or collect into a rounded or compact mass.
Webster's New World
To form into or merge with a corporate conglomerate.
American Heritage
To cause to form into a mass or whole.
American Heritage
(business) To combine together into a larger corporation.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
conglomerates
A conglomerate mass; cluster.
Webster's New World
A large corporation formed by the merger or acquisition of a number of companies in unrelated, widely diversified industries.
Webster's New World
A conglomerate rock.
Webster's New World
A corporate entity that owns or otherwise controls a group of other corporations that engage in unrelated businesses or industries.
Webster's New World Law
A coarse-grained sedimentary rock consisting of rounded to subangular rock fragments cemented together by hardened silt, clay, calcium carbonate, or similar material.
American Heritage
adjective
Formed or collected into a rounded or compact mass; clustered.
Webster's New World
Made up of loosely cemented heterogeneous material.
American Heritage
Made up of separate parts or substances collected together into a single mass.
Webster's New World
Made up of rock fragments or pebbles cemented together by clay, silica, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Conglomerate
Noun
Singular:
conglomeratePlural:
conglomeratesOrigin of Conglomerate
Latin conglomerāre conglomerāt- com- com- glomerāre to wind into a ball (from glomus glomer- ball)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare (“to roll together”).
From Wiktionary
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