aggregate

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.

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[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).]

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aggre·gate·ly adv.

aggre·gation n.

aggre·gative adj.

aggre·gator n.

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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

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	aggregate - the whole amount total, totality, sum 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 congeries, conglomeration 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"
Verb	1.	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 combine 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" aggregated, aggregative, mass 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"

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aggregate

noun 1. total, body, whole, amount, collection, mass, sum, combination, pile, mixture, bulk, lump, heap, accumulation, assemblage, agglomeration

adjective 2. collective, added, mixed, combined, collected, corporate, assembled, accumulated, composite, cumulative

verb 3. combine, mix, collect, assemble, heap, accumulate, pile, amass

Translations

aggregate [ˈægrɪgeɪt] n → conjunto

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aggregate [ˈægrɪgɪt] n → ensemble m, total m;

on aggregate (Sport) → au total des points

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aggregate [ˈægrɪgɪt] n → Gesamtmenge f

vt → zusammenzählen;

on aggregate (Sport) → nach Toren

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aggregate [ˈægrɪgeɪt] n → aggregato;

on aggregate (SPORT) → con punteggio complessivo