Conglomerate (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
Synonyms:
conglomerate; empire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A composite rock made up of particles of varying size
Synonyms:
conglomerate; pudding stone
Classified under:
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
Example:
the conglomerate peoples of New England
Classified under:
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)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Collect or gather
Example:
The work keeps piling up
Synonyms:
accumulate; amass; conglomerate; cumulate; gather; pile up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)