con·ge·ries
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Audio Help [kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez] Pronunciation Key –noun (used with a singular or plural verb
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) | a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation; heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes. |
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n. (used with a sing. verb) A collection; an aggregation: "Our city, it should be explained, is two cities, or more—an urban mass or congeries divided by the river" (John Updike). [Latin congeriēs, from congerere, to heap up; see congest.] |
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| a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together [syn: aggregate] |
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Congeries
Con*ge"ri*es\, n. sing & pl. [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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