AGGREGATE

aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass

(adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; “aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”; “the aggregated amount of indebtedness”

aggregate

(adjective) composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; “raspberries are aggregate fruits”

sum, total, totality, aggregate

(noun) the whole amount

aggregate, congeries, conglomeration

(noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

aggregate

(noun) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

aggregate, combine

(verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole

aggregate

(verb) amount in the aggregate to

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

aggregate (countable and uncountable, plural aggregates)

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

(mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).

(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.

(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores

(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.

Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

Synonyms

• (mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars): cluster

• (attribute of the sentient being in Buddhism): skandha

Adjective

aggregate (comparative more aggregate, superlative most aggregate)

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.

Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.

(botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

Verb

aggregate (third-person singular simple present aggregates, present participle aggregating, simple past and past participle aggregated)

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

(archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.

(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

Antonyms

• segregate

Source: Wiktionary

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Ag"gre*gate, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]

1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

5. (Zoöl.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation.

Ag"gre*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]

1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." Milton.

2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. Wollaston.

3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]

Syn. -- To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.

Ag"gre*gate, n.

1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound.

2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

In the aggregate, collectively; together.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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