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formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole m-ss or sum; total; combined:
the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
botany.

(of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cl-ster but not cohering, as the daisy.
(of a fruit) composed of a cl-ster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry.

geology. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.
a sum, m-ss, or -ssemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount:
the aggregate of all past experience.
a cl-ster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb.
any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.
mathematics, (def 92).
to bring together; collect into one sum, m-ss, or body.
to amount to (the number of):
the guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred.
to combine and form a collection or m-ss.
in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole:
in the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.
contemporary examples

but right now, if we were to put out an aggregated tally for 2014, it would be way off the mark.
isis fighters are killing faster than statisticians can count peter schwartzstein december 4, 2014

looking at the aggregated research, that would, at first glance, seem to be the case.
does fatherhood make you healthy? anneli rufus september 28, 2011

instead, evidence against the reporters largely consisted of aggregated news stories, books, and newsroom discussions.
has the committee to protect journalists betrayed turkey’s journalists? oray egin december 20, 2011

historical examples

the dividends which have been paid for the twelve months aggregated, as already mentioned, 45 per cent.
salvador of the twentieth century percy f. martin

if the bacilli are aggregated into clumps, positive reaction.
the elements of bacteriological technique john william henry eyre

collections in churches on sunday, june 9th, aggregated $15,000 more.
history of the johnstown flood willis fletcher johnson

in this latter science it is very usually untrue that the aggregated parts are equal to the whole.
masterpieces of mystery in four volumes various

these have the form of minute rods, needles or hairs, and are aggregated into feathery and spherulitic forms or skeletal crystals.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 7, slice 7 various

we washed three pans before dark and the three aggregated twelve dollars and some cents.
then and now robert vaughn

the struggle for existence has been the center around which these have aggregated.
studies in the out-lying fields of psychic science hudson tuttle

adjective (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt; -ˌɡeɪt)
formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate
(of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cl-ster of carpels or florets
noun (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt; -ˌɡeɪt)
a sum or -ssemblage of many separate units; sum total
(geology) a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals
the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete
a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the rubus fruticosus aggregate
in the aggregate, taken as a whole
verb (ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt)
to combine or be combined into a body, etc
(transitive) to amount to (a number)
adj.

c.1400, from latin aggregatus “-ssociated,” literally “united in a flock,” past participle of aggregare “add to (a flock), lead to a flock, bring together (in a flock),” from ad- “to” (see ad-) + gregare “herd” (see gregarious).
v.

c.1400, from latin aggregatum, neuter past participle of aggregare (see aggregate (adj.)). related: aggregated; aggregating.
n.

“number of persons, things, etc., regarded as a unit,” early 15c., from noun use of latin adjective aggregatum, neuter of aggregatus (see aggregate (adj.)).

aggregate ag·gre·gate (āg’rĭ-gĭt)
adj.
crowded or m-ssed into a dense cl-ster. n.
a total considered with reference to its const-tuent parts; a gross amount in a m-ss or cl-ster. v. ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing, ag·gre·gates (-gāt’)
to gather into a m-ss, sum, or whole.