congeries
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9.9
- noun
- /kənˈdʒirēz/
- Formal
- On her desk was a congeries of papers, books, and household items.
Examples
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The museum displays a congeries of artifacts from ancient civilizations.
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His argument was simply a congeries of unrelated facts and opinions.
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This is a congeries.
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What a congeries!
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On her desk was a congeries of papers, books, and household items.
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The museum displays a congeries of artifacts from ancient civilizations.
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His argument was simply a congeries of unrelated facts and opinions.
Synonyms
31
3.5
A collection of songs, stories, and data gathered into one book or album
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5.8
The total amount formed by adding several separate parts
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6.1
A group of things joined together as one whole
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7.4
A group of different things gathered in one place
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8.0
A pile of things gathered together
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Etymology
Congeries comes from the Latin congerere, made of con- 'together' and gerere 'to carry', and it originally meant 'to heap up'. So a congeries is a heap or loose collection of different things, like the 'congestion' you see when many cars are packed together.