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aggregate

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ag·gre·gate  (gr-gt)
adj.
1. Constituting or amounting to a whole; total: aggregate sales in that market.
2. Botany Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.
3. Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
n.
1. A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount: "An empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head" Edmund Burke.
2. The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete.
v. (-gt) ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates
v.tr.
1. To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.
2. To amount to; total.
v.intr.
To come together or collect in a mass or whole: "Some [bacteria]aggregate so closely as to mimic a multicellular organism" Gina Kolata.
Idiom:
in the aggregate
Taken into account as a whole: Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000.

[Middle English aggregat, from Latin aggregtus, past participle of aggregre, to add to : ad-, ad- + gregre, to collect (from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots).]

aggre·gate·ly adv.
aggre·gation n.
aggre·gative adj.
aggre·gator n.

aggregate
Noun
1. an amount or total formed from separate units
2. Geol a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals
3. the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete
Adjective
formed of separate units collected into a whole
Verb
[-gating, -gated]
1. to combine or be combined into a whole
2. to amount to (a particular number) [Latin aggregare to add to a flock or herd]
aggregation n

Aggregate an assemblage collected into one body, e.g., a house is an aggregate of bricks, timber, etc. See also collection, combination, compound, sum.
Examples: aggregate of activities, 1855; of small bubbles, 1677; of confusions and incongruities, 1878; of all past experience.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aggregateaggregate - the whole amount
whole, unit - an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
2.aggregate - material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
3.aggregate - a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
plankton - the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water
nekton - the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
sum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"
Verb1.aggregate - amount in the aggregate to
add up, amount, come - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
2.aggregate - gather in a mass, sum, or whole
unitise, unitize - make into a unit; "unitize a car body"
amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
Adj.1.aggregate - formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"
collective - forming a whole or aggregate
2.aggregate - composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits"
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"

aggregate
Translations
Spanish aggregate [ˈægrɪgeɪt] nconjunto
French aggregate [ˈægrɪgɪt] nensemble m, total m;
on aggregate (Sport) → au total des points

German aggregate [ˈægrɪgɪt] nGesamtmenge f
on aggregate (Sport) → nach Toren

Italian aggregate [ˈægrɪgeɪt] naggregato;
on aggregate (SPORT) → con punteggio complessivo

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, can easily reconstruct in their minds the aggregate of edifices to which it belonged, and find again entire in it the ancient Gothic place of the fifteenth century.
By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
The steamship lines were carrying Americans out of the various ports of the country at the rate of four or five thousand a week in the aggregate.
 
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