aggregate
adjective
formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined.
aggregates
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pluralof aggregate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof aggregate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
aggregateadjectiveformed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined.
Example Sentences
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But the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland tracks all the individual data points as they come in and aggregates them into a real-time inflation “nowcast.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
When the researchers made the polymer film thinner, many small polymer aggregates appeared across the surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
When the grid operates normally, it aggregates the batteries to feed electricity back to the system during periods of peak demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Martin Marietta’s main aggregates business focuses on heavy materials like crushed stone and has posted strong financial results for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
If this was not the case, however, we could not see how the DNA molecules packed together to form the crystalline aggregates studied by Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
