Definition of 'aggregate'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense aggregates, present participle aggregating, past tense, past participle aggregatedpronunciation note: The adjective and noun are pronounced (ægrɪgət
). The verb is pronounced (ægrɪgeɪt
).
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
2. countable noun
[formal]
3. verb
If amounts or things are aggregated, they are added together and considered as a single amount or thing.
[formal] Different economies, with different currencies, should not be aggregated to produce
uniform policies. [be V-ed into n]
[Also V pl-n into n] 4.
5.
See on aggregate
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aggregate in British English
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Derived forms
aggregately (ˈaggregately) adverb
aggregatively (ˈaggreˌgatively)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Latin aggregāre to add to a flock or herd, attach (oneself) to, from grex flock
Word Frequency
aggregate in American English
adjective
noun
4.
a group or mass of distinct things gathered into, or considered as, a total or whole
6.
an aggregate rock
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈaggreˌgated or ˈaggreˌgating
7.
to gather into a whole or mass
8.
to amount to; total
SIMILAR WORDS: sum
Idioms:
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Derived forms
aggregately (ˈaggregately)
adverb
Word origin
L aggregatus, pp. of aggregare, to lead to a flock, add to < ad-, to + gregare, to herd < grex (gen. gregis), a herd
Word Frequency
aggregate in American English
( adjective & noun ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeit, verb ˈæɡrɪˌɡeit) (verb -gated, -gating)
adjective
1.
the aggregate amount of indebtedness
2. Botany
noun
4.
a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount
the aggregate of all past experience
6.
any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc
8. See in the aggregate
transitive verb
10.
to amount to (the number of)
The guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred
intransitive verb
SYNONYMS 1. added, complete, whole. 9. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.11.
to combine and form a collection or mass
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Derived forms
aggregable (ˈæɡrɪɡəbəl) adjective
aggregately
adjective
aggregateness
noun
aggregatory (ˈæɡrɪɡəˌtɔri, -ˌtouri)
adjective
Word origin
[1375–1425; late ME ‹ L aggregātus (ptp. of aggregāre), equiv. to ag- ag- + greg- (s. of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1]Examples of 'aggregate' in a sentence
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ADJECTIVE /ˈæɡrɪɡət/
An aggregate amount or score is made up of several smaller amounts or scores added together.
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