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View synonyms for congeries

congeries

[ kon-jeer-eez, kon-juh-reez ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)
  1. a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation, heap:

    From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.



congeries

/ kɒnˈdʒɪəriːz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular or plural a collection of objects or ideas; mass; heap
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of congeries1

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin: “a heap, pile, collection,” equivalent to conger- (stem of congerere “to collect, heap up,” equivalent to con-, combining form + gerere “to bear, carry”) + -iēs abstract noun suffix; con-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of congeries1

C17: from Latin, from congerere to pile up, from gerere to carry
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Example Sentences

It was now seen that the particles of carbon dust in contact which formed the button were a congeries of minute micro-phones.

Aperitur ilico telorum occlusa congeries, et sua sibi quisque tacitus arma connectit.

With a bewildered stare at the congeries of squalid tents and cabins that comprised the camp, he accosted Barney.

America consists at present of a congeries of nations who happen to be united under a common federal government.

The gens Anglorum whose ecclesiastical history is being written is but a loose congeries of kindred folks.

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