aggregate

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: sumtotaltotalitycongeriesconglomerationcombineaggregatedaggregativemass

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the whole amountSynonyms: sumtotaltotality
  2. material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
  3. a sum total of many heterogenous things taken togetherSynonyms: congeriesconglomeration

Verb (2)

  1. amount in the aggregate to
  2. gather in a mass, sum, or wholeSynonyms: combine

Adjective (2)

  1. 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”Synonyms: aggregatedaggregativemass
  2. composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets“raspberries are aggregate fruits”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, n.

1.A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. [1913 Webster]

Note: In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. [1913 Webster]

2.(Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. [1913 Webster]

In the aggregate, collectively; together. [1913 Webster]

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggregated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggregating.] [L. aggregatus, p. p. of aggregare to lead to a flock or herd; ad + gregare to collect into a flock, grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.]

1.To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2.To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. [1913 Webster]

It is many times hard to discern to which of the two sorts, the good or the bad, a man ought to be aggregated.— Wollaston.[1913 Webster]

3.To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect. [1913 Webster]

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.]

1.Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective. [1913 Webster]

The aggregate testimony of many hundreds.— Sir T. Browne.[1913 Webster]

2.(Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands. [1913 Webster]

3.(Bot.) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry. [1913 Webster]

4.(Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. [1913 Webster]

5.(Zool.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. [1913 Webster]

Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation. [1913 Webster]

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