aggregatenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡət/us/ˈæɡ.rə.ɡət/aggregate noun [ C or U ] (TOTAL)
something formed by adding together several amounts or things:
They purchased an aggregate of 3,000 shares in the company.
Snowflakes are loose aggregates of ice crystals.
Arsenal lost the second game, but got through to the final on aggregate (= adding together the goals in both matches).
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Calculations & calculating
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- compute
- equate
- figure
- gauge
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
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aggregate noun [ C or U ] (BUILDING STONES)
small stones used in building:
Volumes of aggregates, cement, and concrete used in the UK will rise this year.
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flagstone
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- lacquer
- limestone
- putty
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- shingle
- weatherboarding
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aggregateadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡət/us/ˈæɡ.rə.ɡət/total:
The seven companies have an aggregate turnover of £5.2 million.
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Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- completely
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- root
- totally
- unabridged
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
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aggregateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˈæɡ.rə.ɡeɪt/to combine into a single group or total
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Connecting and combining
- abut
- adjoin
- allied
- amalgamate
- assemblage
- bind
- conjunction
- desegregate
- dovetail
- eclectic
- entwine
- fuse
- fusion
- hitch
- linkage
- lump sb/sth together
- marriage
- marry
- meld
- merge
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aggregation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæɡ.rɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæɡ.rəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/