conglomerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈɡlɒm.(ə.)ɹət/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɑm.ɚ.ɪt/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɑm.ɹɪt/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɒm.əˌɹeɪt/
ipa: /kənˈɡlɑm.əˌɹeɪt/
Forms: form: conglomerates
form: conglomerating
form: conglomerated
form: conglomerated
Etymology: First attested in the second part of the 16ᵗʰ century; from Latin conglomerātus, perfect passive participle of conglomerō (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”) (see -ate (Etymology 1,2 and 3)), from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomerāre (from glomerō (“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”)).
Senses: examples: text: [V]apors are never attracted or drawn up above the middle Region of the Air; for that the cold Air there, by thickning and conglomerating them, preſently turn them into clouds: and thence proceeds Miſts, Rains, Snows, Hayls, &c.
ref: 1665, John Gadbury, “Sect. IIII. Of Meteors in General, How Caused?”, in Natura Prodigiorum: Or, A Discourse Touching the Nature of Prodigies. […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for Fr. Cossinet, […], →OCLC, page 134:
text: "In less than an hour," he said, looking up to the sun's disc, which was then feebly struggling through a dim mass of conglomerating clouds; "in less than an hour you shall be fully satisfied and amply revenged."
ref: 1821, [Thomas Dibdin], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, New Series, Containing The Fair Witch of Glas Llyn. … In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for William Fearman, […], →OCLC, page 175:
text: The tin cylinder, filled with iron balls, which is fired from our smooth-bored guns, was unsuitable for a rifled gun, because the breaking up of such a projectile in the bore was likely to injure the rifling. Then again, lead balls could not well be substituted for iron ones on account of their liability to conglomerate or adhere together in lumps.
ref: 1871, “an artilleryman” [pseudonym], A Popular Introduction to Rifled Ordnance, for the Use of Learners of the Art of Gunnery, Woolwich, London: Boddy and Co., military printers, […], →OCLC, pages 50–51:
text: Looked at from this angle, we soon realize that the perceived greatness of [William] Shakespeare lies less in his 'originality', than in his exceptional ability to conglomerate and re-apply materials and models in the creation of new dramatic works.
ref: 2015, Richard J. Hand, Andrew Purssel, “Introduction”, in Adapting Graham Greene, London; New York, N.Y.: Palgrave, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: To combine together into a larger mass.
examples: text: Some firms conglomerated with suppliers of intermediate inputs and the railroad to carry their products.
ref: 1993, “Interlocking Directorates”, in The Philippine Review of Economics and Business, volume 30, number 1, Quezon City, Philippines: School of Economics and the College of Business Administration, University of the Philippines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:
text: The hallmark of the late twentieth century in the media industries (and adjacent/overlapping territories, such as the Internet) was the weakening of boundaries that previously distinguished arenas, enterprises, institutions, and professions. […] Entertainment media—the rapidly conglomerating TV/film/cable/publishing/music/sports/Internet megasauruses that can be seen grazing in Los Angeles and New York—represent the pattern even more dramatically than in the case of journalism.
ref: 2001, Larry Gross, “Facing the Future”, in Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America, New York, N.Y.; Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 260:
topics: business
glosses: To combine together into a larger corporation.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from conglomerate (verb)
word: conglomerated
sense: Terms derived from conglomerate (verb)
word: conglomerateur
sense: Terms derived from conglomerate (verb)
word: conglomeratic
sense: Terms derived from conglomerate (verb)
word: conglomeration
sense: Terms derived from conglomerate (verb)
word: conglomerator
sense: Terms derived from conglomerate (verb)
word: unconglomerated
Related terms: sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerate
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomeration
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerular
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerule
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerulo-
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerulonephritis
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerulopathy
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerulosclerosis
sense: Terms related to conglomerate (verb)
word: glomerulus