conglomerate

noun

/kənˈɡlɒmərət/

/kənˈɡlɑːmərət/

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[countable] (business) a large company formed by joining together different firms
- He turned the business into a huge media conglomerate.
Extra Examples
- the giant pharmaceutical conglomerates
- one of seven global media conglomerates that dominate the industry
- a/an chemical/industrial/engineering/mining conglomerate
- a/an vast/international/multinational conglomerate
Topics Businessc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- giant
- huge
- …
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[singular] (formal) a number of things or parts that are put together to form a whole
[uncountable] (geology) a type of rock made of small stones held together by dried clay

Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective describing something gathered up into a rounded mass): from Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare, from con- ‘together’ + glomus, glomer- ‘ball’. The geological sense dates from the early 19th cent.; the other noun senses are later.

单词	conglomerate
释义	conglomerate noun /kənˈɡlɒmərət/ /kənˈɡlɑːmərət/ jump to other results [countable] (business) a large company formed by joining together different firms He turned the business into a huge media conglomerate. Extra Examples the giant pharmaceutical conglomerates one of seven global media conglomerates that dominate the industry a/an chemical/industrial/engineering/mining conglomerate a/an vast/international/multinational conglomerate Topics Businessc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big giant huge … See full entry [singular] (formal) a number of things or parts that are put together to form a whole [uncountable] (geology) a type of rock made of small stones held together by dried clay Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective describing something gathered up into a rounded mass): from Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare, from con- ‘together’ + glomus, glomer- ‘ball’. The geological sense dates from the early 19th cent.; the other noun senses are later.
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