different between conglomerate vs glomerate

English

Etymology

From Latin conglomer?tus, past participle of conglomer?re (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”), from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomer?re (from glomer? (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, glomerate”), from glomus (“ball of thread; ball-shaped mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”)).

Pronunciation

• Noun, adjective:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m(?)??t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m(?)??t/
• Verb:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m??e?t/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n??l?m??e?t/
• Hyphenation: con?glo?mer?ate

Noun

conglomerate (plural conglomerates)

1. A cluster of heterogeneous things.
2. (business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.
3. (geology) A rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix.

Translations

See also

• aggregate
• composite

Adjective

conglomerate (comparative more conglomerate, superlative most conglomerate)

1. Clustered together into a mass.
2. (geology) Composed of fragments of rock, pebbles, or stones cemented together.

Translations

Verb

conglomerate (third-person singular simple present conglomerates, present participle conglomerating, simple past and past participle conglomerated)

1. (transitive) To combine together into a larger mass.
2. (transitive, business) To combine together into a larger corporation.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• conglomerate (company) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• conglomerate (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• conglomerate (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Verb

conglomerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of conglomerare
2. second-person plural imperative of conglomerare
3. feminine plural of conglomerato

English

Etymology

Latin glomeratus, past participle of glomerare (“to glomerate”).

Verb

glomerate (third-person singular simple present glomerates, present participle glomerating, simple past and past participle glomerated)

1. To gather or wind into a ball; to collect (threads, etc.) into a spherical form or mass.

Adjective

glomerate (not comparable)

1. Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.

Related terms

• conglomerate

Anagrams

• algometer, geometral

Latin

Participle

glomer?te

1. vocative masculine singular of glomer?tus

References

• glomerate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glomerate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette