aggregate

American  

[ag-ri-git, -geyt, ag-ri-geyt] / ˈæg rɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt, ˈæg rɪˌgeɪt /

adjective

1. formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined.

   the aggregate amount of indebtedness.

   Synonyms:

   whole, complete

2. Botany.

   1. (of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy.

   2. (of a fruit) composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry.

3. Geology. (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.

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noun

• aggregates
  plural

1. a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount.

   the aggregate of all past experience.

2. a cluster of soil particles: an aggregate larger than 250 micrometers in diameter, as the size of a small crumb, is technically regarded as a macroaggregate.

3. any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.

4. Mathematics. set.

verb (used with object)

• aggregates,
  present (3rd person singular)
• aggregated,
  past participle,  past
• aggregating
  present participle

1. to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body.

   Synonyms:

   gather, accumulate, amass, assemble

2. to amount to (the number of ).

   The guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred.

verb (used without object)

• aggregates,
  present (3rd person singular)
• aggregated,
  past participle,  past
• aggregating
  present participle

1. to combine and form a collection or mass.

idioms

1. in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole.

   In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.

aggregate British  

/ ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪtɪv /

adjective

1. formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate

2. (of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets

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noun

1. a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total

2. geology a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals

3. the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete

4. a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the Rubus fruticosus aggregate

5. taken as a whole

verb

1. to combine or be combined into a body, etc

2. (tr) to amount to (a number)

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• aggregateness
  noun
• hyperaggregate
  verb
• reaggregate
  verb
• aggregable
  adjective
• aggregately
  adjective
• aggregative
  adjective
• aggregatory
  adjective
• subaggregate
  adjective
• unaggregated
  adjective
• aggregately
  adverb
• subaggregately
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• aggregates
  plural

Participles

• aggregating
  present
• aggregated
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• aggregate
  simple
• aggregates
  simple
• have aggregated
  perfect
• has aggregated
  perfect
• am aggregating
  progressive
• are aggregating
  progressive
• is aggregating
  progressive
• have been aggregating
  perfect progressive
• has been aggregating
  perfect progressive

Past

• aggregated
  simple
• had aggregated
  perfect
• was aggregating
  progressive
• were aggregating
  progressive
• had been aggregating
  perfect progressive

Future

• will aggregate
  simple
• will have aggregated
  perfect
• will be aggregating
  progressive
• will have been aggregating
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of aggregate

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin aggregātus (past participle of aggregāre ), equivalent to ag- ag- + greg- (stem of grex “flock”) + -ātus -ate ¹

Explanation

To aggregate is to collect many units into one. If you're writing a novel, you might create a character who is an aggregate of five or six real people. Aggregate comes from the Latin verb aggregare, which means to add to. As a verb it means to collect into a mass or whole. You can also use it as an adjective, as in your aggregate sales for February, March and April. It can also be a noun. The mountain of foam in bubble bath is an aggregate of small bubbles. If you plan to work in economics or business, expect to see the word aggregate quite a lot.

Example Sentences

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aggregate aggregates aggregated aggregating

However, as these effects fade and aggregate demand grows moderately, underlying inflation will resume its decline, the bank added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"Markets aggregate information no committee possesses, and prices are how that information reaches decision makers," Druckenmiller said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last month.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

One way to look at the importance of Social Security is simply as a share of aggregate income among individuals 65 and older.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

The company has also committed to pay an aggregate of $50 million through 2028 for OpenAI software and tools, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Applicant 2: “I have passed my SSC with distinction. Second P also with distinction. And I also hold a 70 percent aggregate in previous two years.”

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

CoinMarketCap data, which aggregates prices from a handful of crypto exchanges, showed $LAPTOP’s price soared out of the gate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Amyloid beta places additional stress on nerve cells, and that stress encourages the formation of more inactive GRK2 and more GRK2 aggregates.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Limestone serves some of the same end markets as aggregates.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

Martin Marietta’s main aggregates business focuses on heavy materials like crushed stone and has posted strong financial results for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

If this was not the case, however, we could not see how the DNA molecules packed together to form the crystalline aggregates studied by Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

The July 2024 final regulations confirmed this applies to all of your IRAs on an aggregated basis, even when they sit at different custodians.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

While the official death toll remains 181, an aggregated figure gathered from local officials puts it higher - potentially at more than 240.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Estimates aggregated by Bloomberg average closer to 400,000.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The data only needs to be aggregated; red-flag algorithms need to be programmed in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Activity aggregated over many markets gets chunked into the economy.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The risk in these new personal-finance tools is that they’re aggregating your financial information in a less regulated system that you don’t control.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Economics also assumes that we can learn something about our economy as a whole by analyzing and aggregating these decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Final degree classifications at Glasgow University are currently calculated by aggregating individual course marks.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

Companies such as Zillow Rentals and CoStar’s Apartments.com have been successful in democratizing access to listings by aggregating the supply in one location.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

There are 50 steamers in the line, aggregating nearly 50,000 horse-power.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert H. Thurston

Related Words

• accumulated
• combined
• corporate
• cumulative