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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•gre•gate /adj., n. ˈægrɪgɪt, -ˌgeɪt; v. -ˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing. adj. [before a noun] - formed by joining or collecting into a whole mass or sum;
combined:the aggregate amount.
n. [countable] - a sum, mass, or collection of individual items:an aggregate of some 500 points earned over 5 years.
v. - to (cause to) come together into one mass or whole: [~ + object]Sociologists aggregated the data for several groups.[no object]The white blood cells aggregated in the wound to fight infection.
Idioms- Idioms in the aggregate, considered as a whole:Savings in the aggregate are on the upswing.
See -greg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ag•gre•gate (adj., n. ag′ri git, -gāt′;v. ag′ri gāt′),USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing. adj. - formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum;
total;
combined:the aggregate amount of indebtedness. - [Bot.]
- Botany(of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy.
- Botany(of a fruit) composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry.
- Geology(of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
n. - a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars;
a total or gross amount:the aggregate of all past experience. - Geologya cluster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb.
- Buildingany of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.
- Mathematicsset (def. 110).
- in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole:In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.
v.t. - to bring together;
collect into one sum, mass, or body. - to amount to (the number of ):The guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred.
v.i. - to combine and form a collection or mass.
- Latin aggregātus (past participle of aggregāre), equivalent. to ag- ag- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged added, complete, whole.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aggregate adj /ˈæɡrɪɡɪt; -ˌɡeɪt/- formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate
- (of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets
n /ˈæɡrɪɡɪt; -ˌɡeɪt/- a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total
- a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals
- the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete
- in the aggregate ⇒ taken as a whole
vb /ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt/- to combine or be combined into a body, etc
- (transitive) to amount to (a number)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin aggregāre to add to a flock or herd, attach (oneself) to, from grex flockaggregative /ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪtɪv/ adj |