conglomerate

[US]/kənˈɡlɒmərət/
[UK]/kənˈɡlɑːmərət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a large corporation consisting of diverse businesses; a corporate group; a type of rock made up of different materials

Phrases & Collocations

business conglomerate

conglomerate reservoir

Example Sentences

a city-suburban conglomerate

a city-suburban conglomerate; a conglomerate of color, passion, and artistry.

the Earth is a specialized conglomerate of organisms.

atoms which conglomerate at the centre.

the sediments vary from coarse conglomerate to fine silt and clay.

The understratum, calcareous sandrock and conglomerate rock, generate dissolution of groundwater.

The new finding of two beds quartzitic conglomerate in the Ertix piedmont is sedimentary response with Altay nappe structure.

So the distribution and the content of conglomerate were different, and its geological phenomenon in the data of drilling, outcrop, logging and seismal section in different area.

Real-world Examples

But first, one of India's biggest conglomerates is on the defensive.

Source: Financial Times

Then in 1997, founder Dominique Mandonnaud sold Sephora to the large luxury retail conglomerate, LVMH.

Source: Wall Street Journal

To make the deal happen, Meredith got 650 million dollars in backing from the conservative Koch brothers conglomerate.

Source: PBS English News

U.S. industrial conglomerate Honeywell has opened its emerging market headquarters and innovation center in Wuhan.

Source: CRI Online July 2020 Collection

The conglomerate will be known as Warner Brothers Discovery.

Source: BBC Listening Collection April 2022

Amazon and Alibaba represent a new type of conglomerate.

Source: Dominance Issue 3 (March 2018)

But Spotify, a Swedish streaming service, and big American broadcasting conglomerates, such as Liberty Media, are muscling in.

Source: Shelly July 2020

Just five years later, X-Rite was acquired by the Danaher Corporation, a life sciences and technology conglomerate.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Yesterday, the Indian conglomerate punched back at the report from Hindenburg Research.

Source: Financial Times

SoftBank, a Japanese tech conglomerate, bought the British chip designer in 2016 for $31bn.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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