conglomerate

conglomérat

Grande entreprise composée de plus petites entreprises présentes dans différents secteurs.

En anglais simple : A large company made up of smaller companies working in different areas of business.

• A large conglomerate owns the newspaper.
• The conglomerate bought three food companies last year.
• Several international conglomerates have offices here.

Synonymes : business group

Expressions courantes : media conglomerate, industrial conglomerate, multinational conglomerate

conglomérat, poudingue

Roche composée de pierres arrondies ou de graviers liés par une matière plus fine.

En anglais simple : A rock made of rounded stones or pieces of gravel held together by finer material.

• The cliff is made of conglomerate.
• Rounded pebbles are visible in this conglomerate.
• We found several layers of conglomerate above the sandstone.

Expressions courantes : conglomerate rock, layer of conglomerate, coarse conglomerate

aggloméré, regroupé

Réuni de façon serrée en un seul groupe ou une seule masse.

En anglais simple : Gathered closely together into a single group or mass.

• The plant bears conglomerate flowers.
• Under the microscope, the cells formed a conglomerate mass.
• These conglomerate flower heads contain many tiny blooms.

Synonymes : clustered, bunched

Expressions courantes : conglomerate flowers, conglomerate clusters, conglomerate mass

conglomératique

Composé de fragments de roche ou de pierres arrondies solidement liés entre eux.

En anglais simple : Made of pieces of rock or rounded stones held firmly together.

• The workers cut through conglomerate rock.
• We examined the conglomerate layers beneath the soil.
• These conglomerate deposits contain large rounded stones.

Expressions courantes : conglomerate rock, conglomerate layers, conglomerate deposits

agglomérer, s’agglomérer

Se réunir ou rassembler des choses pour former une masse plus grande.

En anglais simple : To join together or collect things into a larger mass.

• Small particles conglomerate into larger lumps.
• Heat conglomerated the loose material into a solid mass.
• The fragments slowly conglomerated at the bottom of the tank.

Comment l'utiliser : conglomerate into something (The grains conglomerated into a single lump.)

Synonymes : combine, cluster, agglomerate

Contraires : separate

Expressions courantes : conglomerate into something, conglomerate particles

fusionner

Réunir plusieurs entreprises pour en former une seule plus grande.

En anglais simple : To bring several businesses together as one larger company.

• The owners planned to conglomerate several small firms.
• Those businesses conglomerated into a single corporation.
• The group conglomerated companies from several unrelated industries.

Comment l'utiliser : conglomerate into something (The smaller companies conglomerated into a large industrial group.)

Synonymes : merge, combine, consolidate

Expressions courantes : conglomerate several companies, conglomerate into something