What (who) is aggregate - definition
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Aggregation (music); Aggregates; Aggragate; Aggregate (disambiguation)
aggregate
¦ noun 'agr?g?t
1. a whole formed by combining several disparate elements.
2. the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round.
3. a material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles.
pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete.
¦ adjective 'agr?g?t
1. formed or calculated by the combination of many separate units or items.
2. Botany (of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.
3. Economics denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.
¦ verb 'agr?ge?t combine into a whole.
Derivatives
aggregation noun
aggregative 'agr?g?t?v adjective
Origin
ME: from L. aggregat-, aggregare 'herd together', from ad- 'towards' + grex, greg- 'a flock'.
aggregate
I. v. a.
Amass, collect, accumulate, pile, bring together, gather up, sum up, pile up, heap up, scrape together.
II. a.
Collected, total.
III. n.
Whole, total, totality, gross, lump, sum, amount, body, mass, gross amount, sum total, footing.
aggregate
1.
An aggregate amount or score is made up of several smaller amounts or scores added together.
England have beaten the Welsh three times in succession with an aggregate score of 83-12.
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Aggregate is also a noun.
The highest aggregate came in the third round where Leeds and Middlesbrough drew 4-4.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
An aggregate is a number of people or things that are being considered as a single thing. (FORMAL)
...society viewed as an aggregate of individuals.
N-COUNT
Pronunciation examples for aggregate
1. to aggregate.
Sustainable High-Performance Computing _ Ozalp Babaoglu _ Talks at Google
2. and aggregate.
Origins of Settled Life _ Ian Hodder _ Talks at Google
3. aggregate I.Q.
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4. benefit everyone on aggregate.
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5. and enlarges aggregate profits.
Berkshire Beyond Buffett _ Larry Cunningham _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of aggregate
1. Miner, another attorney for Aggregate Industries.
2. The aggregate impact is harder to gauge, however.
3. Comparison site Insurancewide.com works slightly differently from its aggregate competitors.
4. Tenet also released an aggregate amount for fiscal 1''8.
5. The economy in aggregate is performing very well.