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Definition of agglomerate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

agglomerate

noun

/əˈɡlɒmərət/

/əˈɡlɑːmərət/

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a mass or collection of things
- a multimedia agglomerate (= group of companies)
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin agglomerat- ‘added to’, from the verb agglomerare, from ad- ‘to’ + glomerare (from glomus ‘ball’).

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