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ag·gre·gate       [adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] Pronunciation Key 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).
–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.
—Idiom
11.in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole: In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L aggregātus (ptp. of aggregāre), equiv. to ag- ag- + greg- (s. of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
ag·gre·ga·ble       [ag-ri-guh-buhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
ag·gre·gate·ly, adjective
ag·gre·gate·ness, noun
ag·gre·ga·to·ry       [ag-ri-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Pronunciation Key, adjective

—Synonyms 1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
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ag·gre·gate       (āg'rĭ-gĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
  2. To amount to; total.

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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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] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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