aggregate
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ag·gre·gate
[adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] adjective, noun, verb, ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing. 
rɪ 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.
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| The degree to which two or more variables a related to each other. A correlation refers to the direction that the variables move and does not necessarily represent cause and effect. Example: height and weight are correlated. As one increases, the other |
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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)
Idioms 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
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin aggregātus (past participle of aggregāre), equivalent to ag- ag- + greg- (stem of grex flock) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ag·gre·gate·ly, adjective
ag·gre·gate·ness, noun
hy·per·ag·gre·gate, verb, hy·per·ag·gre·gat·ed, hy·per·ag·gre·gat·ing.
re·ag·gre·gate, verb, re·ag·gre·gat·ed, re·ag·gre·gat·ing.
sub·ag·gre·gate, adjective, noun
sub·ag·gre·gate·ly, adverb
un·ag·gre·gat·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
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| aggregate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate |
| 2. | (of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets |
| —n | |
| 3. | a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total |
| 4. | geology a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals |
| 5. | the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete |
| 6. | a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the Rubus fruticosus aggregate |
| 7. | in the aggregate taken as a whole |
| —vb | |
| 8. | to combine or be combined into a body, etc |
| 9. | (tr) to amount to (a number) |
| [C16: from Latin aggregāre to add to a flock or herd, attach (oneself) to, from grex flock] | |
| 'aggregately | |
| —adv | |
| aggregative | |
| —adj | |
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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).
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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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Example sentences
The rich colors on the panel are natural-colored aggregate from all parts of the world.
It is what makes consumers at large-including poor consumers-better off, raising real incomes in the aggregate.
Civil liberties actually got worse in the aggregate.
Collecting multiple streams of trustworthiness cues to form an aggregate of credibility is at the root of this dynamic.
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