conglomerate

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The strata under the conglomerate are all of red clay shale of different degrees of hardness, the most indurated being at the bottom.

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  1. intransitive verb To form or gather into a mass or whole.
  2. intransitive verb To form into or merge with a corporate conglomerate.
  3. transitive verb To cause to form into a mass or whole.
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  • The stunning action against the massive conglomerate, which is 84. 8\% owned by the French government, could result in huge fines. —  CounterPunch
  • Murdoch is simply getting a small taste of the snake oil medicine he's been cramming down our throat ever since his media / right wing propaganda conglomerate was assembled. —  Booman Tribune
  • Apple refutes NBC's pricing-policy claims - Apple has taken issue with NBC's claims that the media conglomerate was able to change pricing policy at Apple. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • "Apple has taken issue with NBC's claims that the media conglomerate was able to change pricing policy at Apple," Greg Sandoval reports for CNET. —  MacDailyNews
  • Apple has taken issue with NBC's claims that the media conglomerate was able to change pricing policy at Apple. —  Daring Fireball
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  1. Latin conglomerāre, conglomerāt- : com-, com- + glomerāre, to wind into a ball (from glomus, glomer-, ball).

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  1. from Latin conglomeratus, past participle of conglomerare (later Italian con-glomerare = Spanish Portuguese conglomerar = French conglomérer), roll together, wind up, heap together, from com-, together, + glomerare, gather into a ball, from glomus (glomer-), a ball, a clue: see glomerate.
  2. —F. conglomérat, n., = Spanish Portuguese conglomerado = Italian conglomerato, participial adjective, from Latin conglomeratus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/kənˈglɑmərət/
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