CONGLOMERATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass

Synonyms:

conglobation; conglomeration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("conglomeration" is a kind of...):

combine; combining (an occurrence that results in things being united)

Derivation:

conglomerate (collect or gather)

Meaning:

A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Synonyms:

aggregate; congeries; conglomeration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("conglomeration" is a kind of...):

sum; sum total; summation (the final aggregate)

Meronyms (members of "conglomeration"):

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)

Derivation:

conglomerate (collect or gather)

Meaning:

A rounded spherical form

Synonyms:

conglobation; conglomeration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("conglomeration" is a kind of...):

sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))