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Aggregate

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Noun

1. aggregate, sum, total, totality

the whole amount

2. aggregate

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

3. aggregate, congeries, conglomeration

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Verb

4. aggregate

amount in the aggregate to

5. aggregate, combine

gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Adjective

6. aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass

formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

Example Sentences:
'aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year'
'the aggregated amount of indebtedness'

7. aggregate

composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets

Example Sentences:
'raspberries are aggregate fruits'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Aggregate

see synonyms of aggregate
adjective (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt , -ˌɡeɪt)
1. 
formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate
2. 
(of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets
noun (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt , -ˌɡeɪt)
3. 
a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total
4. geology
a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals
5. 
the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete
6. 
a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the Rubus fruticosus aggregate
7.  in the aggregate
verb (ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt )
8. 
to combine or be combined into a body, etc
9. (transitive)
to amount to (a number)

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Aggregate

see synonyms of aggregate
adjective
1. 
gathered into, or considered as, a whole; total
the aggregate number of unemployed
2.  Botany
a. 
massed into a dense head or cluster, as a flower
b. 
formed of closely clustered carpels, as the raspberry
3.  Geology
made up of a mixture of mineral fragments, crystals, or similar materials
an aggregate rock
noun
4. 
a group or mass of distinct things gathered into, or considered as, a total or whole
5. 
the sand or pebbles added to cement in making concrete or mortar
6. 
an aggregate rock
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈaggreˌgated or ˈaggreˌgating
7. 
to gather into a whole or mass
8. 
to amount to; total

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Aggregate

see synonyms of aggregate
adj.
1. Constituting or amounting to a whole; total: aggregate sales in that market.
2. Botany Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.
3. Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
n.
1. A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount: "An empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head" (Edmund Burke).
2. The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete.
v. (-gāt′) ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates
v.tr.
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.
To come together or collect in a mass or whole: "Some [bacteria]aggregate so closely as to mimic a multicellular organism" (Gina Kolata). "The first stars began to form when hydrogen and helium gas left over from the Big Bang aggregated into dense clouds" (Paul Davies).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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