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- DictionaryAg·gre·gate
noun
- 1. a whole formed by combining several (typically disparate) elements: "the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies"
- 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"
adjective
- 1. formed or calculated by the combination of many separate units or items; total: "the aggregate amount of grants made"
verb
- 1. form or group into a class or cluster: "the butterflies aggregate in dense groups"
Aggregate definition: formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined. See examples of AGGREGATE used in a sentence.
To aggregate is to collect many units into one. If you're writing a novel, you might create a character who is an aggregate of five or six real people. Aggregate comes from the Latin verb aggregare, which means to add to. As a verb it means to collect into a mass or whole.
aggregate. noun. /ˈæɡrɪɡət/. /ˈæɡrɪɡət/. Idioms. [countable] a total number or amount made up of smaller amounts that are collected together. a record aggregate of 285 points. The three smaller parties gained an aggregate of 25 per cent of the vote. Topics Money c2.
1. To gather into a mass, sum, or whole: aggregated the donations into one bank account. 2. To amount to; total: Revenues will aggregate more than one million dollars. 3. To collect (content from different sources on the internet) into one webpage or newsreader. v.intr.
4 days ago · An aggregate is a number of people or things that are being considered as a single thing. [formal] ...society viewed as an aggregate of individuals. [ + of] Synonyms: total, body, whole, amount More Synonyms of aggregate. 3. verb. If amounts or things are aggregated, they are added together and considered as a single amount or thing. [formal]
From Longman Business Dictionary ag‧gre‧gate1 /ˈægrɪgət/ noun [ countable] 1 the total after a lot of different parts or figures have been added together If workers seek greater increases in wages, they will in the aggregate (=in total) bring about higher inflation. 2 one of the measurements used when calculating the amount of money in an econom...
Aggregate definition: formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined. See examples of AGGREGATE used in a sentence.
