conglomerate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
• Syn:
pudding stone
• Hypernyms:
rock, stone
2. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
• Syn:
empire
• Hypernyms:
corporation, corp
• Hyponyms:
publishing conglomerate, publishing empire

II - verb

collect or gather
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
• Syn:
accumulate, cumulate, pile up, gather, amass
• Derivationally related forms:
gathering (for: gather), conglomeration, cumulative (for: cumulate), cumulus (for: cumulate), cumulation (for: cumulate), accumulative (for: accumulate), accumulation (for: accumulate)
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
backlog, accrete, drift
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- The crowds conglomerate in the streets

III - adjective

composed of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
- the conglomerate peoples of New England
• Similar to:
combined

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  empire, pudding stone, accumulate, cumulate, pile up, gather, amass