congeries

[ kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez ]

/ kɒnˈdʒɪər iz, ˈkɒn dʒə riz /

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation, heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.

Origin of congeries

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin: “a heap, pile, collection,” equivalent to conger- (stem of congerere “to collect, heap up,” equivalent to con-, combining form + gerere “to bear, carry”) + -iēs abstract noun suffix; see con-

Words nearby congeries

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Example sentences from the Web for congeries

In a more marked degree than other capitals it is a congeries of towns and colonies, largely alien in sympathies.
With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2|Various
One of the latter kind is a congeries of ruinous heaps of square stones, covering at least five or six acres.
Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology|John D. Baldwin
And here it becomes my duty to notice an error, or a congeries of errors, of Mons.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton
Inside the congeries of glazed houses he was somewhat at sea.
The Market-Place|Harold Frederic

Here are a congeries of two-story buildings, which are together fifteen hundred feet in length by a width of seventy feet.
Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873|Various

British Dictionary definitions for congeries

congeries

/ (kɒnˈdʒɪəriːz) /

noun

(functioning as singular or plural) a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap

Word Origin for congeries

C17: from Latin, from congerere to pile up, from gerere to carry

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单词	congeries
释义	congeries [ kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez ] / kɒnˈdʒɪər iz, ˈkɒn dʒə riz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR congeries ON THESAURUS.COM noun (used with a singular or plural verb) a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation, heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes. Origin of congeries First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin: “a heap, pile, collection,” equivalent to conger- (stem of congerere “to collect, heap up,” equivalent to con-, combining form + gerere “to bear, carry”) + -iēs abstract noun suffix; see con- Words nearby congeries congenital stridor, congenital syphilis, congenital total lipodystrophy, congenital valve, conger, congeries, congest, congested, congestion, congestion charging, congestive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for congeries In a more marked degree than other capitals it is a congeries of towns and colonies, largely alien in sympathies. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2\|Various One of the latter kind is a congeries of ruinous heaps of square stones, covering at least five or six acres. Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology\|John D. Baldwin And here it becomes my duty to notice an error, or a congeries of errors, of Mons. Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)\|Thomas Hart Benton Inside the congeries of glazed houses he was somewhat at sea. The Market-Place\|Harold Frederic Here are a congeries of two-story buildings, which are together fifteen hundred feet in length by a width of seventy feet. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873\|Various British Dictionary definitions for congeries congeries / (kɒnˈdʒɪəriːz) / noun (functioning as singular or plural) a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap Word Origin for congeries C17: from Latin, from congerere to pile up, from gerere to carry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to congeries gathering, hodgepodge, aggregation, collection, pile, heap, assemblage, amassment
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congeries

noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

Origin of congeries

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British Dictionary definitions for congeries

noun

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