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ag⋅gre⋅gate

  [adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] adjective, noun, verb, -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
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–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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Aggregate

Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]

1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." --Milton.

2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated. --Wollaston.

3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.]

Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.

Aggregate

Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]

1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T. Browne.

2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

3. (Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

5. (Zo["o]l.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation.

Aggregate

Ag"gre*gate\, n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

Note: In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound.

2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

In the aggregate, collectively; together.
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Language Translation for : aggregate
Spanish: total,
German: die Gesamtsumme,
Japanese: 統計
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1ag·gre·gate
Pronunciation: 'a-gr&-g&t
Function: adjective
: taken as a total <aggregate liability>

Main Entry: 2ag·gre·gate
Pronunciation: 'a-gr&-"gAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -gat·ed; -gat·ing
transitive verb 1 : to combine or gather into a whole aggregate their individual claims> —compare JOIN
2 : to amount to aggregating $100,000> intransitive verb : to form an aggregate aggregate if their claims are regarded as “separate and distinct” —J. M. Landers et al.>

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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Main Entry: 1ag·gre·gate
Pronunciation: 'ag-ri-g&t
Function: adjective
: formed by the collection of units or particles into abody, mass, or amount

Main Entry: 2ag·gre·gate
Pronunciation: -"gAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -gat·ed; -gat·ing
: to collect or gather into a mass or whole <aggregated human albumin>

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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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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