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| ag·gre·gate [ ággrəgət ] |
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1. forming whole: collected together from different sources and considered as a whole
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2. geology resembling rock: describes a mixture of minerals or rock fragments that resembles rock
  an aggregate structure
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noun (plural ag·gre·gates) |
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1. sum total: a total or whole made up of different parts from often disparate sources
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The political party was an aggregate of many diverse groups.
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2. U.K. sports total of scores: the overall score gained by a team or player in a series of games in a competition
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3. construction ingredients of concrete: broken stone, gravel, and sand used in road construction and, when mixed with cement and water, for making concrete
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4. geology mineral mixture resembling rock: a mixture of minerals or rock fragments that resembles rock
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verb (past and past participle ag·gre·gat·ed, present participle ag·gre·gat·ing, 3rd person present singular ag·gre·gates) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb unite: to come together, or bring different things together, into a total, mass, or whole
Aggregate the different totals to get the overall cost.
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2. transitive verb mathematics add up to number: to amount or add up to a number
The company's earnings aggregate $175,000.
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| [15th century. < Latin aggregat-, past participle of aggregare "add to" < greg- "flock"] |
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in the aggregate considered or taken together as a whole
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