verb (used with object), con·glom·er·at·ed, con·glom·er·at·ing. to bring together into a cohering mass. to gather into a ball or rounded mass.

What is the definition for conglomeration?

Conglomeration describes the process by which a conglomerate is created, as when a parent company begins to acquire subsidiaries. Conglomeration often results in a new company that is a large multi-industry, multinational company.

What does Con mean in conglomerate?

From Latin conglomerātus, past participle of conglomerāre (“to pile into a heap, to roll together”), from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + glomerāre (from glomerō (“to pile into a heap, to make into a ball, ...