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ag·glom·er·ate
 agglomerate
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
gla
m
reIt
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| inflections: |
agglomerates, agglomerating, agglomerated |
| definition: |
to gather into a heap or mass.
- synonyms:
- amass, assemble, bunch, collect, gather, group, heap, mass
- similar words:
- accumulate, congregate, cumulate, herd, muster, round up, throng
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| related words: |
amass, concrete, gather, pile |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
gla
m
reIt
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| definition: |
to form a heap or mass.
- synonyms:
- amass, bunch, group, heap, mass, swarm
- similar words:
- aggregate, collect, congregate, crowd, herd, throng
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| related words: |
accumulate |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
gla
m
riht
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| definition: |
collected into a mass or cluster; heaped.
- synonyms:
- accumulated, amassed, clustered, collected, gathered, heaped, heaped up, massed
- similar words:
- jumbled
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
gla
m
riht
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| definition: |
a mass of jumbled or dissimilar parts; heap.
- synonyms:
- aggregation, conglomeration, heap, hodgepodge, jumble, mass, pile
- similar words:
- accumulation, clump, stack
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| related words: |
conglomeration |
| derivations: |
agglomerative (adj.), agglomeration (n.), agglomerator (n.) |
The word agglomerate
contains the following parts:
ag-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ag-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "g." See ad-.
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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