n. That which consists of many previously separate parts.
n. An instance of conglomerating, a coming together of separate parts.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation.
n. That which is conglomerated; a mixed mass; a hodgepodge.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of gathering into a ball or mass; the state of being thus gathered; collection; accumulation.
n. That which is conglomerated or collected into a mass; a mixed or incongruous mass of any form; a mixture.
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n. an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass
n. a rounded spherical form
n. a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
Word Usage
"And, during your own campaign, you admitted, in the context of health-care reform, that the multinational insurance conglomeration is so firmly entrenched that you would be unable to dispense with it."