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[adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] Origin

ag·gre·gate

[adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] adjective, noun, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
adjective
1.
formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
2.
Botany.
a.
(of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy.
b.
(of a fruit) composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry.
3.
Geology. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
noun
4.
a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount: the aggregate of all past experience.
5.
a cluster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb.
6.
any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.
7.
Mathematics. set (def. 92).

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
verb (used with object)
8.
to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body.
9.
to amount to (the number of): The guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred.
verb (used without object)
10.
to combine and form a collection or mass.
11.
in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole: In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin aggregātus (past participle of aggregāre), equivalent to ag- ag- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1

ag·gre·ga·ble [ag-ri-guh-buhl] , adjective
ag·gre·gate·ly, adjective
ag·gre·gate·ness, noun
ag·gre·ga·to·ry [ag-ri-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
hy·per·ag·gre·gate, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
EXPAND
re·ag·gre·gate, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
sub·ag·gre·gate, adjective, noun
sub·ag·gre·gate·ly, adverb
un·ag·gre·gat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE


1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.

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aggregate
c.1400, from L. aggregatus "associated," lit. "united in a flock," pp. of aggregare "add to," from ad- "to" + gregare "herd," so "to lead to a flock" (see gregarious).
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aggregate ag·gre·gate (āg'rĭ-gĭt)
adj.
Crowded or massed into a dense cluster. n.
A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount in a mass or cluster. v. ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates (-gāt')
To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.

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