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rɪadjective
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).
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Aggregate
is an LSAT word you need to know.
So is conform. Does it mean:
| to act in accord with the prevailing standards, attitudes and practices of society or a group |
| demonstrable equivalence, in age or lithology, of two or more stratigraphic units |
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)
Idiom10.
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, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
EXPANDre·ag·gre·gate, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.
sub·ag·gre·gate, adjective, noun
sub·ag·gre·gate·ly, adverb
un·ag·gre·gat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
1. added, complete, whole. 8. assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
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Example Sentences
- Exposed aggregate surfaces will also add the unusual in surface decoration to a walk, driveway or patio.
- Fines and costs, these judgments amount to an aggregate of about $38000.
- The crisis flows from the way markets aggregate individually rational choices.
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World English Dictionary
| 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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