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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass
Synonyms:
conglobation; conglomeration
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("conglomeration" is a kind of...):
combine; combining (an occurrence that results in things being united)
Derivation:
conglomerate (collect or gather)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
Synonyms:
aggregate; congeries; conglomeration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("conglomeration" is a kind of...):
sum; sum total; summation (the final aggregate)
Meronyms (members of "conglomeration"):
plankton (the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water)
nekton (the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales)
Derivation:
conglomerate (collect or gather)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A rounded spherical form
Synonyms:
conglobation; conglomeration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("conglomeration" is a kind of...):
sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
