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Aggregating

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ag⋅gre⋅gate

  [adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] adjective, noun, verb, -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
Use Aggregating in a Sentence
–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 -ate 1

Related forms:
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

Synonyms:
1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
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ag·gre·gate   (āg'rĭ-gĭt)   
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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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: 3ag·gre·gate
Pronunciation: 'a-gr&-g&t
Function: noun
1 : total amount aggregate of the claims exceeds $50,000>
2 : a whole made up of individual units aggregate of operative facts>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 3ag·gre·gate
Pronunciation: -g&t
Function: noun
: a mass or body of units or parts somewhat loosely associated withone another
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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