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   Ag·gre·gate

   noun

   • 1. a whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements: "the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies"
   • ▪ the total number of points scored by a player or team in a series of sporting contests: "the result put the sides even on aggregate" Similar totalsum totalsumwhole amountgrand totaltotalityentiretysummationgrossresultfinal figure
   • 2. a material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles: "the specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments" Similar collectionmassclusterlumpclumppileheapbundlequantityaccumulationbuildupagglomerationconcentrationassemblagemixturemixcombinationblendcompoundalloyamalgamconjunctionsynthesismarriagemiscellanyjumblehotchpotchinformal:mixed bag
   • ▪ pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete, or more generally in building and construction work: "use aggregate for the first layer when filling the trench"

   adjective

   • 1. formed or calculated by the combination of many separate units or items; total: "the aggregate amount of grants made"
   • ▪ (of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.
   • ▪ denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time: "aggregate demand"

   verb

   • 1. form or group into a class or cluster: "the butterflies aggregate in dense groups"
   • ▪ collect (related items of content) so as to display or link to them: "tools that aggregate data from all of the security devices are a good first step"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin aggregat- ‘herded together’, from the verb aggregare, from ad- ‘towards’ + grex, greg- ‘a flock’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. aggregative adjective

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