noun

conglomerate

kuhn-GLOM-riht

noun

A large company made up of several smaller, often unrelated businesses.

"The media conglomerate owns newspapers, TV channels, and a streaming service."

A rock made of rounded pebbles or gravel cemented together.

"The cliff face was made of conglomerate, studded with smooth river stones."

adj

Made up of a mix of different parts or materials clustered together.

"The report was a conglomerate mass of unrelated statistics."

verb

To combine several parts or companies into one larger whole.

"The firm conglomerated dozens of small suppliers over the decade."

How to Use Conglomerate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishUsually means a big corporation built from lots of smaller businesses bundled together.

Common pairings

media conglomerate multinational conglomerate

more conglomerate comparative, conglomerated past tense, conglomerates plural, conglomerates singular, most conglomerate superlative

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From Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare, "to roll together into a ball" — from con- + glomus ("ball of thread").

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