Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conglomeration

/kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: con-glom-er-a-tion
IPA: /kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which consists of many previously separate parts.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An instance of conglomerating, a coming together of separate parts.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The green-purple conglomeration behaves nearly like a monospecific culture with characteristics halfway between those of the green and the purple, though metamorphosing more slowly than either[…]"
"A sallow prisoner has come up, in custody, for the half-dozenth time to make a personal application "to purge himself of his contempt," which, being a solitary surviving executor who has fallen into a state of conglomeration about accounts of which it is not pretended that he had ever any knowledge, he is not at all likely ever to do."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

conglomerations (plural)

Synonyms

conglomerate conglobation aggregate congeries

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce conglomeration?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/.
What does conglomeration mean?: That which consists of many previously separate parts.

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