conglomeration
English translation: confusion, muddle, predicament
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|  Selected response from: Kim Metzger Mexico Local time: 08:43 | ||||||
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See n° 2 below, misery, etc. Explanation: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/conglomeration |
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Finding himself in the predicament of being in a crowd which he does not wish to be. See below. Explanation: con·glom·er·ate Audio pronunciation of "conglomerate" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kn-glm-rt) v. con·glom·er·at·ed, con·glom·er·at·ing, con·glom·er·ates v. intr. 1. To form or gather into a mass or whole. 2. To form into or merge with a corporate conglomerate. v. tr. To cause to form into a mass or whole. n. (-r-t) 1. A corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields. 2. A collected heterogeneous mass; a cluster: a city-suburban conglomerate; a conglomerate of color, passion, and artistry. 3. Geology. A rock consisting of pebbles and gravel embedded in cement. adj. (-r-t) 1. Gathered into a mass; clustered. 2. Geology. Made up of loosely cemented heterogeneous material. In this context, being that he is a prisoner and is normally keeps to himself (as I can gather) he finds himself in a mass of other people (those who have him in custody) over an issue of money (again, from what I can gather). |
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1mess, bundle, grouping Explanation: a guess - executor normally means the one who is carrying out the execution of a will/estate. sounds like debtors and others (family members?) have thrown the book at him as the only possible source ; since he cannot prove innocence is doomed to an undefined period in jail. conglomeration. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. ...A collection of various things: assortment, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri,... 2) conglomeration. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. ...The act or process of conglomerating. b. The state of being conglomerated. 2. An accumulation of miscellaneous things.... |
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19 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +6
peer agreement (net): +6predicament Explanation: The closest applicable definition I could find in my Shorter OED is "a cluster, a heterogeneous mixture, a mixture of heterogeneous elements". In your second example, I think predicament comes close. He finds himself in a predicament, a mess, a muddle, a mare's nest, a jam, a sticky situation, in a fine kettle of fish (Oxford Thesaurus). Maybe confusion would work in the second case. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2006-04-08 17:07:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Confusion for the FIRST example. Shorter OED |
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