conglomeration

noun con·glom·er·a·tion \ kən-ˌglä-mə-ˈrā-shən , ˌkän- \

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

Definition of conglomeration

1 : the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated

2 : something conglomerated : a mixed mass or collection

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a conglomeration of shops and restaurants

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The master bedroom features a unique conglomeration of art.

— arielle paul, latimes.com, "My Favorite Room: In Cortney Novogratz's 'castle,' the design aesthetic is egalitarian," 7 Apr. 2018
Timberlake’s rise comes amid a conglomeration of activity, including the Feb. 2 release of Man of the Woods and his halftime performance at Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4.

— kevin rutherford, Billboard, "Travis Scott Re-Enters Social 50 Chart After Kylie Jenner Baby News," 16 Feb. 2018
The playbook included a conglomeration of systems, programs and initiatives designed to promote student success and prepare almost all students for college.

— betsy hammond, OregonLive.com, "'We believe in you;' How one Oregon high school guides Latino students to graduation," 28 Jan. 2018
Will an unfettered market just lead to more conglomeration?

— christopher mims, WSJ, "Get Ready for a Faster, Pricier and More Confusing Internet," 18 Dec. 2017
Bowden said that her team consisted of the odd conglomeration of people that were drawn to overnight work looking at weird and disturbing stuff.

— alexis c. madrigal, The Atlantic, "‘The Basic Grossness of Humans’," 15 Dec. 2017
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is a conglomeration of 3,000 reefs longer than the Pacific coast from Vancouver to Tijuana.

— james sturz, WSJ, "3 Ways to Dive the Great Barrier Reef, From Affordable to Epic," 4 Aug. 2017
The conglomeration effort died ignominiously in 1987 amid a shareholder battle, two years after the Hertz acquisition and almost 20 years after the company had bought Westin.

— justin bachman, Bloomberg.com, "This Airline Has Some Florida Real Estate It Wants to Sell You," 31 Aug. 2017
The fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980s, which is basically a conglomeration of every Spielberg setting of the era, along with The Goonies and Stand By Me.

— matt miller, Esquire, "Everything You Need to Remember From Stranger Things Season One," 25 Oct. 2017

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: a group or mixture of different things
: a process in which different things come together to form a single thing

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conglomeration

noun con·glom·er·a·tion \ kən-ˌgläm-ə-ˈrā-shən, ˌkän- \

medical Definition of conglomeration

1 : the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated

2 : something conglomerated : a mixed coherent mass

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