Aggregate Definition
ăgrĭ-gĭt
aggregated, aggregates, aggregating
adjective
Constituting or amounting to a whole; total.
Aggregate sales in that market.
American Heritage
Gathered into, or considered as, a whole; total.
The aggregate number of unemployed.
Webster's New World
Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.
American Heritage
Massed into a dense head or cluster, as a flower.
Webster's New World
Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
American Heritage
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noun
aggregates
A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount.
American Heritage
A group or mass of distinct things gathered into, or considered as, a total or whole.
Webster's New World
The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete.
American Heritage
The sand or pebbles added to cement in making concrete or mortar.
Webster's New World
An aggregate rock.
Webster's New World
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verb
aggregated, aggregates, aggregating
To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.
Aggregated the donations into one bank account.
American Heritage
To gather into a whole or mass.
Webster's New World
To amount to; total.
Webster's New World
To collect (content from different sources on the Internet) into one webpage or newsreader.
American Heritage
To come together or collect in a mass or whole.
American Heritage
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idiom
in the aggregate
- Taken into account as a whole:
Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000.
American Heritage
in the aggregate
- taken all together
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Aggregate
- in the aggregate
- in the aggregate
Origin of Aggregate
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Middle English aggregat from Latin aggregātus past participle of aggregāre to add to ad- ad- gregāre to collect (from grex greg- flock ger- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin aggregātus, perfect passive participle of aggregō (“I flock together”), from ag-, combining form of ad (“to, toward”), + gregō (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious.
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