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US
/ˈæɡɹəɡeɪt, ˈæɡɹəɡət, ˈæɡɹəɡɪt/
]
ADJECTIVE
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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 -
composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets
raspberries are aggregate fruits
VERB
- amount in the aggregate to
- gather in a mass, sum, or whole
NOUN
- a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
- the whole amount
- material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
How To Use aggregate In A Sentence
- From the combined results Thomas's group estimated an average particle size of 100 for the copper metal aggregates.
- For the best performance, large numbers of drives can be connected and their data aggregated into a larger host interface.
- Its perceptual configurations have been thought to have a special relevance to the emergence of formal artistic qualities which cannot be reduced to a measurable aggregate of more elementary constituents.
- The extension of the method to aggregate data on nation states will certainly follow, but will involve more complicated techniques.
- Aggregate data are calculated at current prices, while indices are calculated at comparable prices.
- Drill the single aggregate particle out of the concrete using a masonry bit and then epoxy or cement a new aggregate particle into place.
- They beat a Lions side which barely put up a fight; this is the weakest Australian side for many years; and a Springboks side still in transition came very close indeed to beating them in New Zealand and won the two games on aggregate.
- On their way to the 1991 African Cup Winners Cup triumph over BCC Lions of Nigeria, Power beat Rivatex 4-3 on aggregate in the first round.
- Except as noted below, data on all cause and cause specific child and infant mortality and of age distribution of child and infant mortality were regional estimates or other aggregates.
- In budding, aggregates of cells differentiate into small sponges that are released superficially or expelled through the oscula.