Meanings
nounagglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural agglomerations)
plural agglomerations
- countableuncountableThe act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
- countableuncountableA state of being collected in a mass; a mass; a cluster.
- countableuncountablegeographyAn extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinagglomerātiō
- Englishagglomeration
From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian агломерат, конгломерат
- агломерат (aglomerat)state of being collected in a mass
- конгломерат (konglomerat)extended city area
- струпване (strupvane)act of collecting in a mass
- натрупване (natrupvane)act of collecting in a mass
Chinese Mandarin 結塊 /结块
- 結塊 /结块 (jiékuài)act of collecting in a mass
Czech aglomerace, aglomerace
- aglomeracestate of being collected in a mass
- aglomeraceact of collecting in a mass
Dutch agglomeratie, agglomeratie
- agglomeratiestate of being collected in a mass
- agglomeratieextended city area
- agglomeratieact of collecting in a mass
Esperanto aglomero, aglomero
- aglomerostate of being collected in a mass
- aglomeroact of collecting in a mass
Finnish agglomeraatio, agglomeraatio
- agglomeraatiostate of being collected in a mass
- agglomeraatioextended city area
- agglomeraatioact of collecting in a mass
French agglomération, agglomération
- agglomérationstate of being collected in a mass
- agglomérationextended city area
- agglomérationact of collecting in a mass
German Ansammlung, Ballungsraum
- Ansammlungstate of being collected in a mass
- Ballungsraumextended city area
- Sammlungact of collecting in a mass
Hebrew הִתְגַּיְּשׁוּת
- הִתְגַּיְּשׁוּתact of collecting in a mass
Indonesian aglomerasi, aglomerasi
- aglomerasistate of being collected in a mass
- aglomerasiextended city area
- aglomerasiact of collecting in a mass
Polish aglomeracja, aglomeracja
- aglomeracjastate of being collected in a mass
- aglomeracjaextended city area
- aglomeracjaact of collecting in a mass
Portuguese aglomeração, aglomeração
- aglomeraçãostate of being collected in a mass
- aglomeraçãoact of collecting in a mass
Romanian aglomerație, aglomerație
- aglomerațiestate of being collected in a mass
- aglomerațieextended city area
- aglomerațieact of collecting in a mass
Russian агломера́т, скопле́ние
- агломера́т (aglomerát)state of being collected in a mass
- скопле́ние (skoplénije)state of being collected in a mass
- агломера́ция (aglomerácija)state of being collected in a mass
- конгломера́т (konglomerát)extended city area
- агломера́ция (aglomerácija)extended city area
- агломера́ция (aglomerácija)act of collecting in a mass
- спека́ние (spekánije)act of collecting in a mass
- скопле́ние (skoplénije)act of collecting in a mass
Spanish aglomeración, aglomeración
- aglomeraciónstate of being collected in a mass
- aglomeraciónextended city area
- aglomeraciónact of collecting in a mass
Swedish hopgyttring
- hopgyttringact of collecting in a mass
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with agglomeration
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APA
agglomeration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agglomeration
MLA
“agglomeration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agglomeration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agglomeration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agglomeration.
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