aggregate

CEFRC1

/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/

noun · verb · verb/noun/adj

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  1. 01

    noun

    A total made by combining several amounts or parts.

  2. 02

    verb

    To combine several amounts or parts into a total.

Examples

  • Simply put, a human being is an aggregate of many cells.

  • Strawberries and raspberries are both examples of an aggregate fruit.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌɡeɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

  2. A set (collection of objects).

verb/noun/adj

Extra meaning

  1. To combine or collect things together; a whole formed by combining several elements; formed by combining several elements into a whole.

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In context

  • Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.

  • 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, which, in making the calculation, is to...

  • 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, though small for any one column, gave the...

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Origin

noun

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-.