conglomerate

English

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Noun

conglomerate (plural conglomerates)

1. A cluster of heterogeneous things.
   • Trench

     A conglomerate of marvellous anecdotes.

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.
   • Lyell

     A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement.

See also

• Conglomerate (company) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Conglomerate (company)
• Conglomerate (geology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Conglomerate (geology)

Translations

cluster of heterogeneous things

• Bulgarian: конгломерат (bg) (konglomerat) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合併 (cmn), 合并 (cmn) (hébìng)

• Dutch: conglomeraat (nl) n

• Finnish: kasauma (fi)
• German: Konglomerat (de) n
• Hungarian: konglomerátum (hu)
• Russian: конгломерат (ru) (konglomerát) m

corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 企業集團 (cmn), 企业集团 (cmn) (qǐyè jítuán), 集團公司 (cmn), 集团公司 (cmn) (jítuán gōngsī)

• Finnish: konglomeraatti, monialayhtiö, monialayritys

• German: Multikonzern m, Mischkonzern m, Konglomerat n
• Hungarian: konglomerátum (hu)
• Icelandic: samsteypa (is) f, fjölgreinafyrirtæki (is) n

rock consisting of gravel or pebbles embedded in a matrix

• Bulgarian: конгломерат (bg) (konglomerat) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 礫岩 (cmn), 砾岩 (cmn) (lìyán)

• Finnish: konglomeraatti (fi)

• German: Konglomerat (de) n
• Hungarian: konglomerátum (hu)
• Icelandic: völuberg (is) n

Adjective

conglomerate (comparative more conglomerate, superlative most conglomerate)

1. Clustered together into a mass.

Translations

clustered

• Icelandic: samsettur (is) m, sundurleitur (is) m

Verb

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

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

Translations

combine together

• Icelandic: safna saman (is), steypa saman (is), hlaupa í kökk (is)

combine into a larger corporation

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Italian

Verb

conglomerate

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