formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
Botany.
(of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy.
(of a fruit) composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry.
Geology. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
noun
a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount: the aggregate of all past experience.
a cluster of soil particles: an aggregate larger than 250 micrometers in diameter, as the size of a small crumb, is technically regarded as a macroaggregate.
any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.
Mathematics. set (def. 92).
verb (used with object),ag·gre·gat·ed,ag·gre·gat·ing.
to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body.
to amount to (the number of): The guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred.
verb (used without object),ag·gre·gat·ed,ag·gre·gat·ing.
to combine and form a collection or mass.
Idioms for aggregate
in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole: In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.
Origin of aggregate
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin aggregātus (past participle of aggregāre ), equivalent to ag- ag- + greg- (stem of grex “flock”) + -ātus -ate1
SYNONYMS FOR aggregate
1 added, complete, whole.
8 assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.
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historical usage of aggregate
All three parts of speech of aggregate (adjective, noun, verb) come directly from Latin aggregāt-, the stem of aggregātus, the past participle of aggregāre. Aggregāre is a compound of ag-, a variant of the prefix ad- “to, toward,” and a derivative of the noun grex (inflectional stem greg- ) “flock, herd, band, troop, company”; aggregāre therefore means “to make (people) flock together, enter into association, join”—the association with grex “flock” is clear. The Latin forms come from the Proto-Indo-European root ger-, gere- “to gather, collect,” which appears in Celtic, Germanic, Baltic, and Slavic. Probably the most important derivative of ger-, gere- for the history of Western culture is the Greek noun agorá “meeting, assembly, market, marketplace, trade, traffic,” especially the Agora in Athens, the chief marketplace and center of the city’s civic life.
For aggregate outcomes, we run millions of simulations using the individual race predictions to derive the range of possible overall outcomes for the electoral college and both chambers of Congress.
Our Forecast: Biden Has a Commanding (But Not Certain) Lead|Daniel Malloy|September 10, 2020|Ozy
After calculating probabilities for each individual House and Senate race, we then turn our attention to predicting the aggregate number of seats we expect the GOP to win and the probability of maintaining control of the House and Senate.
The Forecast: The Methodology Behind Our 2020 Election Model|Daniel Malloy|September 10, 2020|Ozy
Among the 10 banks with the largest increases, criticized loans rose by 62 percent in aggregate in the second quarter, but criticized commercial real estate loans rose by 144 percent, to $26 billion, according to an analysis by the Financial Times.
A Loan Crisis Looms for Commercial Property|Daniel Malloy|September 8, 2020|Ozy
Aggregated versions of both data sets will be released to challenge participants, and researchers can request special access to anonymized, de-aggregated versions of the data if they need it.
Ideas wanted: Help make the world’s biggest covid-19 symptom database useful|Karen Hao|September 3, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Thus, they’ve used SherloQ to aggregate their data from phone calls, chats, emails, and organic and paid marketing.
How AI can supercharge performance marketing|Tereza Litsa|August 12, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Their hub is an aggregate of photographs and eyewitness reports taken by hundreds of collectives.
Brazil’s World Cup Is An Expensive, Exploitative Nightmare|Vac Verikaitis|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And what Navfac calls “standard airfield concrete” is military-grade, made with aggregate and Portland cement.
Why Can’t America’s Newest Stealth Jet Land Like It’s Supposed To?|Bill Sweetman|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This will aggregate a portable audience that you can later introduce to your crowdfunding launch.
How to Win at Crowdfunding|Bianca Goodloe|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In aggregate, Retsky received a larger dose of 5-FU than the standard concentrated therapy.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because “improper dependence” is precisely the problem that limits on aggregate contributions are meant to attack.
Originalists Making It Up Again: McCutcheon and ‘Corruption’|Lawrence Lessig|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It knows the value of small things, and considers that an aggregate of them makes up the sum of human affairs.
Essays on Various Subjects|Hannah More
There were fourteen Caxtons, 'the aggregate produce' of which was £3 14s.
The Book-Hunter in London|William Roberts
Our people probably surpass every other people in the world in individual and aggregate enterprise and energy.
Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post|Thomas Rainey
Sweeping round, the vision meets an aggregate of peaks which look as fledglings to their mother towards the mighty Dom.
The Beauties of Nature|Sir John Lubbock
The strength of the company was now as follows: Present, 66; absent, 11,—aggregate 77.
History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry|Alfred J. Hill
British Dictionary definitions for aggregate
aggregate
adjective (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)
formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate
(of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets
noun (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)
a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total
geologya rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals
the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete
a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the Rubus fruticosus aggregate