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ag·glom·er·ate

(ə-glŏm′ə-rāt′)

tr. & intr.v. ag·glom·er·at·ed, ag·glom·er·at·ing, ag·glom·er·ates

To form or collect into a rounded mass.

adj. (-ər-ĭt)

Gathered into a rounded mass.

n. (-ər-ĭt)

1. A confused or jumbled mass; a heap.

2. A volcanic rock consisting of rounded and angular fragments fused together.

[Latin agglomerāre, agglomerāt-, to mass together : ad-, ad- + glomerāre, to form into a ball (from glomus, glomer-, ball).]

ag·glom′er·a′tive (-ə-rā′tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv) adj.

ag·glom′er·a′tor n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

agglomerate

to form or be formed into a mass or cluster; collect

1. a confused mass

2. (Geological Science) a rock consisting of angular fragments of volcanic lava. Compare conglomerate²

adj

formed into a mass

[C17: from Latin agglomerāre, from glomerāre to wind into a ball, from glomus ball, mass]

agˌglomerˈation n

agˈglomerative adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ag•glom•er•ate

(v. əˈglɒm əˌreɪt; adj., n. -ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj., n. v.t., v.i.

1. to collect or gather into a cluster or mass.

adj.

2. gathered together into a mass.

3. a mass of things clustered together.

4. rock composed of rounded or angular volcanic fragments.

[1675–85; < Latin agglomerātus, past participle of agglomerāre to pile up]

ag•glom′er•a`tive (-əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv) adj.

Agglomerate

a group or mass of things loosely thrown or huddled together or gathered into a ball or cluster; a mass of volcanic fragments linked through the action of heat.

Examples: an agglomerate of all duchies, 1865; of all facts, 1831; of volcanic fragments.

agglomerate

Past participle: agglomerated
Gerund: agglomerating

Imperative
agglomerate
agglomerate

Present
I agglomerate
you agglomerate
he/she/it agglomerates
we agglomerate
you agglomerate
they agglomerate

Preterite
I agglomerated
you agglomerated
he/she/it agglomerated
we agglomerated
you agglomerated
they agglomerated

Present Continuous
I am agglomerating
you are agglomerating
he/she/it is agglomerating
we are agglomerating
you are agglomerating
they are agglomerating

Present Perfect
I have agglomerated
you have agglomerated
he/she/it has agglomerated
we have agglomerated
you have agglomerated
they have agglomerated

Past Continuous
I was agglomerating
you were agglomerating
he/she/it was agglomerating
we were agglomerating
you were agglomerating
they were agglomerating

Past Perfect
I had agglomerated
you had agglomerated
he/she/it had agglomerated
we had agglomerated
you had agglomerated
they had agglomerated

Future
I will agglomerate
you will agglomerate
he/she/it will agglomerate
we will agglomerate
you will agglomerate
they will agglomerate

Future Perfect
I will have agglomerated
you will have agglomerated
he/she/it will have agglomerated
we will have agglomerated
you will have agglomerated
they will have agglomerated

Future Continuous
I will be agglomerating
you will be agglomerating
he/she/it will be agglomerating
we will be agglomerating
you will be agglomerating
they will be agglomerating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been agglomerating
you have been agglomerating
he/she/it has been agglomerating
we have been agglomerating
you have been agglomerating
they have been agglomerating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been agglomerating
you will have been agglomerating
he/she/it will have been agglomerating
we will have been agglomerating
you will have been agglomerating
they will have been agglomerating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been agglomerating
you had been agglomerating
he/she/it had been agglomerating
we had been agglomerating
you had been agglomerating
they had been agglomerating

Conditional
I would agglomerate
you would agglomerate
he/she/it would agglomerate
we would agglomerate
you would agglomerate
they would agglomerate

Past Conditional
I would have agglomerated
you would have agglomerated
he/she/it would have agglomerated
we would have agglomerated
you would have agglomerated
they would have agglomerated

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Noun	1.	agglomerate - volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together volcanic rock - extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth
	2.	agglomerate - a collection of objects laid on top of each other cumulation, heap, pile, cumulus, mound aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole compost heap, compost pile - a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost muckheap, muckhill, dunghill, midden - a heap of dung or refuse scrapheap - pile of discarded metal shock - a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; "corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock" slagheap - pile of waste matter from coal mining etc stack - an orderly pile funeral pyre, pyre - wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite woodpile - a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel stockpile - a storage pile accumulated for future use
Verb	1.	agglomerate - form into one cluster bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump - gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
Adj.	1.	agglomerate - clustered together but not coherent; "an agglomerated flower head" agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered collective - forming a whole or aggregate

agglomerate

verb

To bring together so as to increase in mass or number:

accrue, accumulate, aggregate, amass, collect, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up.

Translations

agglomérat agglomération agglomérer

agglomerare

agglomerate

vi → agglomerieren

adj → agglomeriert

n → Agglomerat nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

agglomerate

[əˈglɒmərɪt] n (Geol) → agglomerato

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