aggregate

[adjective, noun ag-ri-git, -geyt; verb ag-ri-geyt]

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adjective

formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.

Botany.

(of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy.
(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.

noun

a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount: the aggregate of all past experience.

a cluster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb.

any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.

Mathematics. set(def 92).

verb (used with object), ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing.

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.

verb (used without object), ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing.

to combine and form a collection or mass.

Idioms

in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole: In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.

Origin of aggregate

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin aggregātus (past participle of aggregāre), equivalent to ag- ag- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate¹

Related formsag·gre·ga·ble

[ag-ri-guh-buhl] /ˈæg rɪ gə bəl/, adjectiveag·gre·gate·ly, adjectiveag·gre·gate·ness, nounag·gre·ga·to·ry

[ag-ri-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ˈæg rɪ gəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivehy·per·ag·gre·gate, verb, hy·per·ag·gre·gat·ed, hy·per·ag·gre·gat·ing.re·ag·gre·gate, verb, re·ag·gre·gat·ed, re·ag·gre·gat·ing.sub·ag·gre·gate, adjective, nounsub·ag·gre·gate·ly, adverbun·ag·gre·gat·ed, adjective

Synonyms for aggregate

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1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.

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Related Words for aggregated

amass, collect, sum, assemble, number, mix, amount, combine, heap, accumulate, pile, total, come

Examples from the Web for aggregated

Contemporary Examples of aggregated

But right now, if we were to put out an aggregated tally for 2014, it would be way off the mark.
ISIS Fighters Are Killing Faster than Statisticians Can Count
Peter Schwartzstein
December 5, 2014
Instead, evidence against the reporters largely consisted of aggregated news stories, books, and newsroom discussions.
Has the Committee to Protect Journalists Betrayed Turkey's Journalists?
Oray Egin
December 21, 2011
Looking at the aggregated research, that would, at first glance, seem to be the case.
Does Fatherhood Make You Healthy?
Anneli Rufus
September 29, 2011

Historical Examples of aggregated

If the bacilli are aggregated into clumps, positive reaction.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique
John William Henry Eyre
On both poles of the main axis a bunch of six to eight aggregated larger conical spines, about as high as a single chamber.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)
Ernst Haeckel
Collections in churches on Sunday, June 9th, aggregated $15,000 more.
History of the Johnstown Flood
Willis Fletcher Johnson
The novels of Kyokutei Bakin aggregated more than two hundred.
Japan
Various
Up to 1886 the bonded indebtedness of the city has aggregated the sum of $345,000.
Fifty Years In The Northwest
William Henry Carman Folsom

British Dictionary definitions for aggregated

aggregate

adjective (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

noun (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)

a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total

geology a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals

the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete

a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the Rubus fruticosus aggregate

in the aggregate taken as a whole

verb (ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt)

to combine or be combined into a body, etc

(tr) to amount to (a number)

Derived Formsaggregately, adverbaggregative (ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪtɪv), adjective

Word Origin for aggregate

C16: from Latin aggregāre to add to a flock or herd, attach (oneself) to, from grex flock

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Word Origin and History for aggregated

aggregate

c.1400, from Latin aggregatum, neuter past participle of aggregare (see aggregate (adj.)). Related: Aggregated; aggregating.

aggregate

"number of persons, things, etc., regarded as a unit," early 15c., from noun use of Latin adjective aggregatum, neuter of aggregatus (see aggregate (adj.)).

aggregate

adj.

c.1400, from Latin aggregatus "associated," literally "united in a flock," past participle of aggregare "add to (a flock), lead to a flock, bring together (in a flock)," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + gregare "herd" (see gregarious).

aggregated in Medicine

aggregate

[ăg′rĭ-gĭt]

adj.

Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.

n.

A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount in a mass or cluster.

v.

To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.