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aggregate

/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/noun, verb, adjective3 syllables

Aggregate means: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole.

Synonyms for aggregate16

noun, as in the whole amount

sum, total, totality

noun, as in a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

congeries, conglomeration

verb, as in gather in a mass, sum, or whole

adjective, as in formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

aggregated, aggregative, mass, collective

adjective, as in composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets

also used for aggregate

cluster, agg, skandha, entirety, group

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What does aggregate mean?7

adjective

1

formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole“aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”

2

composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets“raspberries are aggregate fruits”

noun

1

the whole amount

2

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

3

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

verb

1

gather in a mass, sum, or whole

2

amount in the aggregate to

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Aggregate in a sentence

  • Simply put, a human being is an aggregate of many cells.gleki
  • Strawberries and raspberries are both examples of an aggregate fruit.Vanilla
  • Heliotrope is a mineral aggregate commonly also known as bloodstone.Vanilla
  • The data that AI pulls from is an aggregate of multiple corpora.DuosDragonPolyglot
  • In the aggregate, they're a nice enough group, but there are some obnoxious individuals among them.AlanF_US

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of aggregate

as a noun

plural
aggregates

as a verb

past tense
aggregated
present participle
aggregating
third-person singular
aggregates