[adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] 
adjective, noun, verb, -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.| 1. | formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness. |
| 2. | Botany.
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| 3. | Geology. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
[ag-ri-guh-buhl] , adjective [ag-ri-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective 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.