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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ag·gre·gate
[adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
[adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing. –adjective
–noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom
| 1. | formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness. |
| 2. | Botany.
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| 3. | Geology. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| ag·gre·gate
(āg'rĭ-gĭt) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
v. (-gāt') ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates v. tr.
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). [Middle English aggregat, from Latin aggregātus, past participle of aggregāre, to add to : ad-, ad- + gregāre, to collect (from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots).] ag'gre·gate·ly adv., ag'gre·ga'tion n., ag'gre·ga'tive adj., ag'gre·ga'tor n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| aggregated | |
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" [syn: aggregate] |
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