Aggregate AG'GREGATE, v.t [L. aggrego, to collect in troops, of ad and grex, a herd or band. See Gregarious.]
To bring together; to collect particulars into a sum, mass or body.
AG'GREGATE, a. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; as, the aggregate amount of charges.
Aggregate flowers, in botany, are such as are composed of florets united by means of the receptacle or calyx.
Aggregate corporation, in law, is one which consists of two or more persons united, whose existence is preserved by a succession of new members.
AG'GREGATE, n. A sum, mass or assemblage of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stones, bricks, timber, etc. It differs from a compound in this, that the particulars of an aggregate are less intimately mixed than in a compound.

aggregate adj 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" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass] 2: composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; "raspberries are aggregate fruits" n 1: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality, aggregate] 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 together [syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration] v 1: amount in the aggregate to 2: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]

aggregate
n., adj., & v.
--n.
1 a collection of, or the total of, disparate elements.
2 pieces of crushed stone, gravel, etc. used in making concrete.
3 a Geol. a mass of minerals formed into solid rock. b a mass of particles.
--adj.
1 (of disparate elements) collected into one mass.
2 constituted by the collection of many units into one body.
3 Bot. a (of fruit) formed from several carpels derived from the same flower (e.g. raspberry). b (of a species) closely related.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. collect together; combine into one mass.
2 tr. colloq. amount to (a specified total).
3 tr. unite (was aggregated to the group).
Phrases and idioms:
in the aggregate as a whole.
Derivatives:
aggregation n. aggregative adj.
Etymology: L aggregare aggregat- herd together (as AD-, grex gregis flock)

aggregate 1. An aggregate amount or score is made up of several smaller amounts or scores added together. England have beaten the Welsh three times in succession with an aggregate score of 83-12. ADJ: ADJ n • Aggregate is also a noun. The highest aggregate came in the third round where Leeds and Middlesbrough drew 4-4. N-COUNT: usu sing 2. An aggregate is a number of people or things that are being considered as a single thing. (FORMAL) ...society viewed as an aggregate of individuals. N-COUNT

aggregate ̘. ̈n.ˈæɡrɪɡɪt n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a collection of, or the total of, disparate elements. 2 pieces of crushed stone, gravel, etc. used in making concrete. 3 a Geol. a mass of minerals formed into solid rock. b a mass of particles. --adj. 1 (of disparate elements) collected into one mass. 2 constituted by the collection of many units into one body. 3 Bot. a (of fruit) formed from several carpels derived from the same flower (e.g. raspberry). b (of a species) closely related. --v. 1 tr. & intr. collect together; combine into one mass. 2 tr. colloq. amount to (a specified total). 3 tr. unite (was aggregated to the group). øin the aggregate as a whole. øøaggregation n. aggregative adj. [L aggregare aggregat- herd together (as AD-, grex gregis flock)]

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. 2. To add or unite, as, a person, to an association. 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. 3. To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels. [Colloq.] Syn: To heap up; accumulate; pile; collect.

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, a. [L. aggregatus, p. p.] 1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective. The aggregate testimony of many hundreds. --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Anat.) Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands. 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. 4. (Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means. 5. (Zo["o]l.) United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals. Corporation aggregate. (Law) See under Corporation.

Aggregate \Ag"gre*gate\, n. 1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc. Note: In an aggregate the particulars are less intimately mixed than in a compound. 2. (Physics) A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. In the aggregate, collectively; together.

aggregate I. v. a. Amass, collect, accumulate, pile, bring together, gather up, sum up, pile up, heap up, scrape together. II. a. Collected, total. III. n. Whole, total, totality, gross, lump, sum, amount, body, mass, gross amount, sum total, footing.

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