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aggregate

agg·re·gate

UK/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/ US/ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌɡeɪt/ rare archaic obsolete
noun (2) adjective (2) verb (2)

noun

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2.

adjective

1.

gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole

  • “aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”
  • “the aggregated amount of indebtedness”
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2.

formed of separate units in a cluster

  • “raspberries are aggregate fruits”
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verb

1.

amount in the aggregate to

2.

gather in a mass, sum, or whole

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Origin

From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious. See also ag-.

Phrases

  • aggregate fruit
  • aggregate function
  • aggregate species
  • aggregate throughput
  • corporation aggregate
  • in aggregate
  • in the aggregate
  • species aggregate
  • twelve-tone technique

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