aggregate

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.

Adjective

  1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
    • All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures,...
  2. Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
  3. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
    • aggregate glands
  4. Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  5. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  6. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

Origin

From Middle English aggregat(e) (“aggregated”, used as the past participle of aggregaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Forms

more aggregate most aggregate

Derived

aggregate fruit aggregate function aggregately aggregateness aggregate species aggregate throughput aggregative disaggregate nonaggregate

Noun

  1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
    • If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on...
  2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
    • 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper,...
  3. A set (collection of objects).
  4. The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
  5. The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
    • Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout. - 12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017

    Synonyms: agg

  6. Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
  7. Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
    • "Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed...
    • He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates...
  8. Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
  9. A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.

Origin

From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious. See also ag-.

Forms

aggregates

Synonyms

cluster skandha aggregate entirety group totality

Hyponyms

biosphere blogosphere hivemind noosphere

Related

composite conglomerate twelve-tone technique serialism cohesion gestalt integration

Derived

aggregational aggregator corporation aggregate heteroaggregate in aggregate interaggregate in the aggregate intraaggregate macroaggregate metalloaggregate microaggregate nanoaggregate species aggregate subaggregate superaggregate

Verb

  1. To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
    • the aggregated soil
  2. To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
  3. To amount in the aggregate to.
    • There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Origin

From Middle English aggregaten (“to aggregate”), from its earlier borrowed past participle aggregat(e) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin aggregātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

Forms

aggregates aggregating aggregated

Antonyms

segregate

Related

gregarize

Derived

aggregatable antiaggregating autoaggregate autoaggregated coaggregate deaggregate disaggregate macroaggregated nanoaggregated nonaggregated nonaggregating preaggregate preaggregated reaggregate unaggregated