The meaning of Conglomerate

verb

Collect or form into a mass or group.

Usage examples:

He is seeking to agglomerate the functions of the home office

noun

A mass or collection of things.

Usage examples:

A multimedia agglomerate

adjective

Collected or formed into a mass.

Usage examples:

A short agglomerate cork suggests that the bottler had little regard for the ageing ability of this…

noun

A whole formed by combining several separate elements.

Usage examples:

The council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies

adjective

Formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.

Usage examples:

The aggregate amount of grants made

verb

Form or group into a class or cluster.

Usage examples:

Socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation

noun

A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

Usage examples:

An alloy of nickel, bronze, and zinc

verb

Mix (metals) to make an alloy.

Usage examples:

Alloying tin with copper to make bronze

noun

A metal that is made by mixing together two or more metals, or a metal and another substance

noun

A mixture or blend.

Usage examples:

A curious amalgam of the traditional and the modern

noun

A mixture of mercury and another metal, especially one used by dentists to repair teeth

Usage examples:

An amalgam filling, the show was a wonderful amalgam of dance, music, and drama., nearly every new …

verb

Combine or unite to form one organization or structure.

Usage examples:

He amalgamated his company with another

verb

To join together or unite, or to cause to join together

Usage examples:

[ i ] the two towns amalgamated to combine their police and fire protection.

verb

To join or unite to form a larger organization or group, or to make separate organizations do this

Usage examples:

Amalgamate with sth the electricians' union is planning to amalgamate with the technicians' union.,…

noun

The action, process, or result of combining or uniting.

Usage examples:

The threat of amalgamation with another college

verb

Gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things) over a period of time.

Usage examples:

He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds

verb

Mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.

Usage examples:

Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

noun

A mixture of different substances or other things.

Usage examples:

The chutney is a blend of bananas, raisins, and ginger

noun

Mix together different elements

adjective

Growing or situated in a group.

Usage examples:

The spires and clustered roofs of the old town

verb

Form a cluster or clusters.

Usage examples:

The children clustered round her skirts

verb

Past simple and past participle of cluster

Usage examples:

People clustered around the noticeboard to read the exam results., the hens cluster together at the…

verb

Come together to form one mass or whole.

Usage examples:

The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams

verb

To combine into a single group or thing

Usage examples:

[ i ] the theory is that galaxies coalesced from smaller groupings of stars.

noun

A joining or merging of different parts or qualities in which the component elements are individually distinct.

Usage examples:

A magnificent combination of drama, dance, and music

noun

A mixture obtained when two or more things are combined

Usage examples:

[ c ] green is a combination of blue and yellow., [ c ] a combination of tiredness and boredom made…

noun

A result of two or more things joining together

Usage examples:

A combination of sth and sth a combination of economic slowdown and tax cuts is having a drastic ef…

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

verb

Mix; blend.

Usage examples:

The part of the brain where the senses commingle

verb

Mix; blend.

Usage examples:

The part of the brain where the senses commingle

verb

To mix an amount of money belonging to one person, business, or account with that of another when the money should have been kept separate

Usage examples:

Commingle sth between sth the schools regularly commingled funds between accounts., he had to answe…

adjective

Made up of several parts or elements.

Usage examples:

This soup is one of those composite dishes which you gradually build up

noun

A thing made up of several parts or elements.

Usage examples:

The english legal system is a composite of legislation and judicial precedent

verb

Relating to or denoting plants of the daisy family ( compositae ).

noun

A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.

Usage examples:

The air smelled like a compound of diesel and petrol fumes

adjective

Made up or consisting of several parts or elements.

Usage examples:

A compound noun

verb

Make up (a composite whole); constitute.

Usage examples:

A dialect compounded of spanish and dutch

noun

A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

Usage examples:

The facade is a strange concoction of northern mannerism and italian baroque

noun

Something put together from several different things

Usage examples:

She drinks this herbal concoction.

noun

A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if ).

noun

A word such as "and," "but," "because," or "although" that connects words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence

Usage examples:

[ u ] physicists are working in conjunction with engineers on the project.

verb

Make (something) physically stronger or more solid.

Usage examples:

The first phase of the project is to consolidate the outside walls

verb

Form into a solid mass or whole

verb

To bring together or unite things that were separate

Usage examples:

[ i ] our offices had been spread among three buildings, and then we consolidated into one new high…

verb

(of lines) tend to meet at a point.

Usage examples:

A pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles

verb

To move toward the same point and come closer together or meet

Usage examples:

Six fire trucks converged on the burning factory., [ c ] there’s a convergence of interests among t…

verb

If two or more economies converge, they become more similar to each other

Usage examples:

Converge with sth the european economies have not yet converged with each other enough to make the …

verb

Join or blend to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit

noun

A safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.

Usage examples:

If the demand for electrical current exceeds the safety level, a fuse opens once and must be replac…

verb

Fit a fuse to (a bomb, shell, or mine).

Usage examples:

The bomb was fused to go off during a charity performance

noun

The process or result of joining two or more things together to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The election results produced pressure for fusion of the parties

noun

Fusion is also the technique of joining atoms in a reaction that produces energy

Usage examples:

[ u ] nuclear fusion

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Usage examples:

This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb

Past simple and past participle of gather

Usage examples:

I went to several libraries to gather information about the plans., we gathered blueberries from th…

noun

A process by which the fat droplets from milk are emulsified and the cream does not separate.

Usage examples:

After homogenization and pasteurization, milk travels to one of six storage tanks

noun

The process of treating milk so that the cream is mixed into other parts of the liquid

Usage examples:

Pasteurization usually goes hand in hand with homogenization., homogenization breaks down the fat i…

verb

Combine (one thing) with another to form a whole.

Usage examples:

Transport planning should be integrated with energy policy

verb

To mix with and join society or a group of people, often changing to suit their way of life, habits, and customs

Usage examples:

He seems to find it difficult to integrate socially., it's very difficult to integrate yourself int…

verb

To combine two or more things in order to become more effective

Usage examples:

Integrate something into something you need to integrate exercise into your normal life., integrate…

verb

Mix or mingle together.

Usage examples:

Daisies intermingled with huge expanses of gorse and foxgloves

verb

To become mixed together

Usage examples:

The spices intermingle to produce an unusual flavor.

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

A confused mixture or mass of things

Usage examples:

A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

idiom

Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

noun

An instance of two or more people or things connecting or joining.

Usage examples:

Plans of a link-up between the two tour operators have been announced

phrasal verb

To connect or combine with something

Usage examples:

He's linking up small businesses in harlem with big ones in midtown.

noun

The legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman).

Usage examples:

A happy marriage

noun

A legally accepted relationship between a man and a woman in which they live as husband and wife, or the official ceremony which results in this

Usage examples:

[ c ] a long and happy marriage

verb

Blend; combine.

Usage examples:

Australia's winemakers have melded modern science with traditional art

noun

A thing formed by melding; a combination.

Usage examples:

A meld of many contributions

noun

A completed set or run of cards in rummy, canasta, and other card games.

Usage examples:

His meld was poor and he lost

verb

Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The merchant bank merged with another broker

verb

To combine or join together

Usage examples:

[ i ] route 9a splits off from route 9, but they merge after 5 more miles.

verb

To join together, or to be joined together, to make a larger company, organization, department, etc.

Usage examples:

The two banks denied rumours that they aim to merge., the cable company announced plans to merge it…

verb

Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The merchant bank merged with another broker

verb

Present participle of merge

Usage examples:

They decided to merge the two companies into one., the country's two biggest banks are planning to …

verb

Mix or cause to mix together.

Usage examples:

The sound of voices mingled with a scraping of chairs

verb

Bring or combine together or with something else

verb

To mix with; combine

Usage examples:

[ t ] her excitement at starting the new job was mingled with fear., he seems to be mingling with t…

verb

Mix or cause to mix together.

Usage examples:

The sound of voices mingled with a scraping of chairs

noun

A group or collection of different items; a mixture.

Usage examples:

A miscellany of houses

noun

A mixture of different things

Usage examples:

The museum houses a fascinating miscellany of nautical treasures., she's just finished editing "a m…

verb

Combine or put together to form one substance or mass.

Usage examples:

Peppercorns are sometimes mixed with other spices

noun

Two or more different qualities, things, or people placed, combined, or considered together.

Usage examples:

The decor is a fascinating mix of antique and modern

verb

To combine different substances, esp. so that the result cannot easily be separated into its parts, or to cause different substances to combine in this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] oil and water don’t mix., [ t ] mix two eggs into the flour., [ t ] he mixed the blue paint w…

noun

A substance made by mixing other substances together.

Usage examples:

Form the mixture into a manageable dough

noun

A combination of substances resulting from mixing them together so that they cannot be easily separated

Usage examples:

It’s a highly explosive mixture and has to be handled carefully., good fashion designers often rely…

noun

The combination of components or elements to form a connected whole.

Usage examples:

The synthesis of intellect and emotion in his work

noun

The action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context.

Usage examples:

He was opposed to closer political or economic union with europe

noun

The act or the state of being joined together

noun

An organization that represents the people who work in a particular industry, protects their rights and may agree pay, working conditions, etc. with their employers

Usage examples:

"no date has yet been set for a strike, the union said in a statement to the press this morning., t…

verb

Come or bring together for a common purpose or action.

Usage examples:

He called on the party to unite

verb

Join or combine

verb

To bring different groups or things together to become one, or to join together to become one

Usage examples:

[ i ] the thirteen american colonies united to form a new nation.