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conglobe

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kəŋˈɡləʊb/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /kəŋˈɡloʊb/
  • rhymes with -əʊb

1

verb

Meaning 1

To collect (something) into a round mass; to conglobate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive, archaic, poetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

assume a globular shape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conglobate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: form

History

Etymology

PIE word *ḱóm From French conglober, from Latin conglobāre, the present active infinitive of conglobō (“to gather into a ball; to accumulate; to crowd together”), from con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects) + globus (“round object, globe, sphere; glob; group”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball; a ball”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).