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.

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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

SYNONYMS FOR aggregate

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

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ag·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/, adjective

hy·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

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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Such is the case with the Globigerin, the skeletons of which, aggregated together, form a large proportion of our English chalk.
Lectures on Evolution|Thomas Henry Huxley

At the end of the first week Ernest figured up the sales and found they aggregated two hundred dollars.
A Cousin's Conspiracy|Horatio Alger
Vast masses of Facts encumbered it, aggregated in orderless heaps—orderless, at least, so far as his uses were subserved.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, Issue 2, February, 1864|Various
Suppose, for instance, that the molecules of a colloidal solution are aggregated into groups of ten.
The Mechanism of Life|Stphane Leduc
And we know that such correlated or aggregated characters have especial value in classification.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection|Charles Darwin

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).

Medicine definitions for aggregated

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.

aggregate

adjective

noun

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

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

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