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aggregation

[ ag-ri-gey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a group or mass of distinct or varied things, persons, etc.:

    an aggregation of complainants.

  2. collection into an unorganized whole.
  3. the state of being so collected.
  4. Biology, Ecology. a group of organisms of the same or different species living closely together but less integrated than a society.


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Other Words From

  • aggre·gation·al adjective
  • reag·gre·gation noun
  • subag·gre·gation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of aggregation1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Medieval Latin aggregātiōn-, stem of aggregātiō “a flocking together, gathering”; aggregate, -ion

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Example Sentences

They form big aggregations, and they come to the surface in the nighttime.

Some of these resources involve Herculean feats of data aggregation from governments around the world.

From Quartz

Toutiao, for example, is the top news and information aggregation app in the country, with 275 million monthly active users.

He says there’s a chance that the background odors of gregarious locusts could interact with 4VA to amplify the aggregation signal.

SherloQ, powered by IBM Watson, makes the aggregation of data easier in real-time.

The Roots now preside from a large, wooden bandstand, the aggregation having grown slightly in size.

Flipboard: Not many apps do personalized news aggregation as fluidly and beautifully as Flipboard.

The RealClearPolitics poll aggregation gives Obama a 48.7 - 46.3 lead over Romney.

Six Degrees of Aggregation Michael Shapiro, Columbia Journalism Review How The Huffington Post ate the internet.

Aggregation lives on the Cheat Sheet, the video player, and in the breaking news slot in the first big box.

There are few species whose association is above that of mere aggregation in flight.

All the above matters show how difficult it is to expect a community spirit in any area which is just an aggregation of houses.

The human family is an aggregation of families; and the family, not the man nor the woman, is the unit of the state.

Kingsville was a splendid aggregation of one house and a long platform.

A single group or aggregation of lesions or an area of disease.

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