aggregatingn.
/ˈaɡrᵻɡeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæɡrəˌɡeɪdɪŋ/ The action or an instance of aggregate v.; collection into a mass, gathering, grouping.
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1657 E. Edmonds Reviving Word 35 A most accurate, close aggregating, Uniting and Cleaving of those so Separated (and of the Dispersed ones) to the Lord!
1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. i. v. 13 Our Mind frames a general Idea two several ways, the one by joyning or aggregating.
1797 J. Gray Princ. Wealth of Nations 125 The Economists exceedingly condemn the aggregating or crowding of men..in towns and cities.
1829 London University Mag. 1 254 The aggregating of that storm of despotic power which threatened destruction to the Greek colonies of Asia Minor.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xv. 354 The aggregating process spreads from the glands down the pedicels of the hairs.
1910 J. M. True Let. 23 Mar. in Public Documents State of Wisconsin (1912) I. 876 The aggregating therein or thereabout of persons who..would cause annoyance to the occupants of such dwellings.
1995 Billboard (Nexis) 28 Oct. It's an aggregating of assets and an attempt to gather valuable resources together.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
aggregatingadj.
/ˈaɡrᵻɡeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæɡrəˌɡeɪdɪŋ/ That aggregates; that collects into a mass or forms an aggregate.
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1756 Crit. Rev. May 323 The aggregating particle con.
1794 E. Williams Poems I. 204 Life's aggregating glooms o'erwhelm the soul.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. v. 83 An aggregating crystal.
1939 P. Christophersen Articles 33 The represents an aggregating genericness,..a is a singularizing form.
2000 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 27 Apr. (Business) 3 Qantas wants to remain relevant as an independent regional player within an aggregating, increasingly global industry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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