Synonyms for conglomeration
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kuhn-glom-uh-rey-shuhn, kuhng- |
Phonetic Transcription : kənˌglɒm əˈreɪ ʃən, kəŋ- |
Top 10 synonyms for conglomeration
Définition of conglomeration
Origin :- 1620s, from Latin conglomerationem (nominative conglomeratio), noun of action from past participle stem of conglomerare (see conglomerate (adj.)).
- noun accumulation, potpourri
- So in his piano music we find a conglomeration of other men's ideas, other men's figures.
- Extract from : « Old Fogy » by James Huneker
- But he had his own, if the place was a conglomeration of everything.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old St. Louis » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- What is any public question but a conglomeration of private interests?
- Extract from : « The Warden » by Anthony Trollope
- Dr. Guthrie was examining the conglomeration of books that loaded the shelves.
- Extract from : « The Sins of the Children » by Cosmo Hamilton
- And these examples prove that bodies are nothing but a conglomeration of molecules.
- Extract from : « In Search of a Son » by William Shepard Walsh
- He rummaged through the conglomeration of chattels in the bag.
- Extract from : « The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies » by Grace Brooks Hill
- It is in reality a conglomeration of hackneyed moralistic considerations.
- Extract from : « Our Revolution » by Leon Trotzky
- If we land in the midst of that conglomeration of ice it will be the end of us.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Wizard Camera » by Victor Appleton
- Word used in the East for a conglomeration of houses enclosed by a wall.
- Extract from : « Corea or Cho-sen » by A (Arnold) Henry Savage-Landor
- The church is a flint structure,—a conglomeration of many styles.
- Extract from : « Hertfordshire » by Herbert W Tompkins
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