aggregate
/'ægrigit/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Composed of separate units gathered into a whole: Describes something formed by the combination of many distinct parts into a single mass or total.
- Total, combined: Refers to a whole amount formed by adding together several items or figures.
Noun:
- A total amount formed by adding several elements together: The sum or whole resulting from the combination of diverse items.
- A material like sand or gravel: Inert granular materials (such as sand, gravel, or crushed stone) mixed with cement and water to form concrete, mortar, or plaster.
Verb:
- To collect or gather into a mass or whole: To combine several items to form a total amount or sum.
- To amount to a total: To reach a specific total number or sum when combined.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- Raspberries are aggregate fruits.
- The aggregate expenses for the year were calculated.
- Noun:
- The final figure is the aggregate of all our sales.
- We need more aggregate (sand and gravel) for the concrete mix.
- Verb:
- The system aggregates data from multiple sources.
- Donations aggregated to over ten thousand dollars.
Advanced Usage
- In the aggregate: When considered as a whole; collectively.
- The individual parts are flawed, but in the aggregate, the system works well.
- Aggregate demand/supply: Economic terms referring to the total demand or supply for goods and services in an economy.
- Government policy aims to stimulate aggregate demand.
Variants and Related Words
- Aggregation (n): The process of collecting units or data into a mass or whole.
- The aggregation of data took several hours.
- Aggregated (adj): Formed into a collective mass or sum.
- Please review the aggregated results.
Synonyms
- Total (n/adj): The whole number or amount.
- Sum (n): The total amount resulting from the addition of two or more items.
- Accumulation (n): A mass or collection of something that has gradually gathered.
- Combined (adj): Joined or united to form a whole.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: "Aggregate" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its verbal use is typically transitive.)
Related Idioms
- In the aggregate: As a whole; taken all together.
- The losses, in the aggregate, were manageable.
Adjective
- composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
- raspberries are aggregate fruits
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
- aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
- the aggregated amount of indebtedness
Noun
- a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
- material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
- the whole amount
Verb
- gather in a mass, sum, or whole
- amount in the aggregate to