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in the aggregate
ag·gre·gate A0141100 (ăg′rĭ-gĭt)adj.1. Constituting or amounting to a whole; total: aggregate sales in that market.2. Botany Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.3. Composed of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.n.1. A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount: "An empire is the aggregate of many states under one common head" (Edmund Burke).2. The mineral materials, such as sand or stone, used in making concrete.v. (-gāt′) ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates v.tr.1. To gather into a mass, sum, or whole: aggregated the donations into one bank account.2. To amount to; total: Revenues will aggregate more than one million dollars.3. To collect (content from different sources on the internet) into one webpage or newsreader.v.intr. To come together or collect in a mass or whole: "Some [bacteria]aggregate so closely as to mimic a multicellular organism" (Gina Kolata). "The first stars began to form when hydrogen and helium gas left over from the Big Bang aggregated into dense clouds" (Paul Davies).Idiom: in the aggregate Taken into account as a whole: Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000.
[Middle English aggregat, from Latin aggregātus, past participle of aggregāre, to add to : ad-, ad- + gregāre, to collect (from grex, greg-, flock; see ger- in Indo-European roots).]
ag′gre·gate·ly adv.ag′gre·ga′tion n.ag′gre·ga′tive adj.Translationsin the aggregate
in the aggregateConsidered in full; taken as a whole. Despite a dip in the economy, our company has continued to see a profit in the aggregate this year.See also: aggregatein the aggregateConsidered as a whole, as in Our profits in the aggregate have been slightly higher. [Late 1700s] See also: aggregate in the aggregate Taken into account as a whole: Unit sales for December amounted in the aggregate to 100,000.See also: aggregate |