A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
[business]
Fiat is Italy's largest industrial conglomerate.
Synonyms: corporation, multinational, corporate body, business More Synonyms of conglomerate
More Synonyms of conglomerate
conglomerate in British English
noun (kənˈɡlɒmərɪt)
1.
a thing composed of heterogeneous elements; mass
2.
any coarse-grained sedimentary rock consisting of rounded fragments of rock embedded in a finer matrix
Compare agglomerate (sense 3)
3.
a large corporation consisting of a group of companies dealing in widely diversified goods, services, etc
verb (kənˈɡlɒməˌreɪt)
4.
to form into a cluster or mass
adjective (kənˈɡlɒmərɪt)
5.
made up of heterogeneous elements; massed
6.
(of sedimentary rocks) consisting of rounded fragments within a finer matrix
Word origin
C16: from Latin conglomerāre to roll up, from glomerāre to wind into a ball, from glomus ball of thread
conglomerate in American English
(kənˈglɑmərˌeɪt; for adj. & n., kənˈglɑmərɪt)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: conˈglomerˌated or conˈglomerˌating
1.
to form or collect into a rounded or compact mass
adjective
2.
formed or collected into a rounded or compact mass; clustered
3.
made up of separate parts or substances collected together into a single mass
4. Geology
made up of rock fragments or pebbles cemented together by clay, silica, etc.
: Also conˌglomerˈatic (kənˈglɑmərˈætɪk) or conˌglomerˈitic (kənˈglɑmərˈɪtɪk)
noun
5.
a conglomerate mass; cluster
6. US
a large corporation formed by the merger or acquisition of a number of companies in unrelated, widely diversified industries
7. Geology
a conglomerate rock
Word origin
< L conglomeratus, pp. of conglomerare, to roll together < com-, together + glomerare, to gather into a ball < glomus, a ball < IE *glem- < base *gel-: see climb
Examples of 'conglomerate' in a sentence
conglomerate
It was a medium-size conglomerate, with companies dealing with almost everything except retail merchandising.
Anita Anderson SOMEBODY (2002)
`The day-to-day running of the conglomerate got too much for the Chairman," he said cautiously.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD (2002)
`Twenty-five meters of chalk and compacted conglomerate between the roof of the structure and the floor of the English Channel.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2002)
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In other languages
conglomerate
British English: conglomerate NOUN
A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
...the world's second-largest media conglomerate.
American English: conglomerate
Brazilian Portuguese: conglomerado
Chinese: 企业集团
European Spanish: conglomerado
French: conglomérat
German: Konglomerat
Italian: conglomerata
Japanese: 複合企業
Korean: 대기업
European Portuguese: conglomerado
Latin American Spanish: conglomerado
(noun)
Definition
made up of several different elements
Italy's largest industrial conglomerate
Synonyms
corporation
chairperson of a huge multi-national corporation
multinational
corporate body
business
The company was a family business.
association
the British Olympic Association
consortium
aggregate
agglomerate
(verb)
Definition
to form into a mass
Synonyms
amass
We didn't enquire as to how she had amassed her fortune.
cluster
accumulate
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
aggregate
We should never aggregate votes to predict results under another system.
snowball
coalesce
agglomerate
(adjective)
Synonyms
amassed
massed
clustered
composite
The chassis is made of a complex composite structure incorporating carbon fibre.
heterogeneous
Additional synonyms
in the sense of accumulate
Definition
to gather together in an increasing quantity
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
Synonyms
build up,
increase,
grow,
be stored,
collect,
gather,
pile up,
amass,
stockpile,
hoard,
accrue,
cumulate
in the sense of aggregate
Definition
to combine or be combined into a whole
We should never aggregate votes to predict results under another system.