conglomeration

UK: /kənˌglɒməˈreɪʃ^ən/

US: /kənˌglɑməˈreɪʃən, kəŋ-/

US: (kən glom′ə rā′shən, kəng-)

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con•glom•er•a•tion /kənˌglɑməˈreɪʃən, kəŋ-/  n. [countable]

1. a group made up of unrelated things:
   The stew was a conglomeration of fish, chicken, and beef.

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con•glom•er•a•tion  (kən glom′ə rā′shən, kəng-), n. 

1. the act of conglomerating; the state of being conglomerated.
2. a cohering mass;
   cluster.
3. a heterogeneous combination:
   a conglomeration of ideas.

• Late Latin conglomerātiōn- (stem of conglomerātiō), equivalent. to conglomerāt(us) conglomerate + -iōn- -ion
• 1620–30

con•glom•er•a•tive  (kən glom′ər ə tiv, -ə rā′tiv, kəng-), adj.  Synonyms

• 2, 3. agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, conglomerate.

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conglomeration / kənˌɡlɒməˈreɪʃən/ noun

1. a conglomerate mass
2. a mass of miscellaneous things
3. the act of conglomerating or the state of being conglomerated