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   aggregate

   noun

   • 1. a whole formed by combining several separate elements: "the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies"
   • ▪ the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round: "he set the pace with a one-over-par aggregate of 151" Similar totalsum totalsumwhole amountgrand totaltotalityentiretysummationgrossresultfinal figure
   • 2. a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together: "the specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments" Similar collectionmassclusterlumpclumppileheapbundlequantityaccumulationbuild-upagglomerationconcentrationassemblagemixturemixcombinationblendcompoundalloyamalgamconjunctionsynthesismarriagemiscellanyjumblehotchpotchinformal:mixed bag
   • ▪ pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete and in building: "use aggregate for the first layer when filling the trench"

   adjective

   • 1. formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; 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.

   verb

   • 1. form or group into a class or cluster: "socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation"
   • ▪ 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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