(v. t.)

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

(v. t.)

To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.

(v. t.)

To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

(a.)

Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.

(a.)

Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.

(a.)

Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.

(a.)

Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

(a.)

United into a common organized mass; -- said of certain compound animals.

(n.)

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

(n.)

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

(adjective)

formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective: such as

(adjective)

clustered in a dense mass or head

(adjective)

formed from several separate ovaries of a single flower

(adjective)

composed of mineral crystals of one or more kinds or of mineral rock fragments

(adjective)

taking all units as a whole

(verb, transitive ver)

to collect or gather into a mass or whole

(verb, transitive ver)

to amount to (a whole sum or total) : total

(noun)

a mass or body of units or parts somewhat loosely associated with one another

(noun)

the whole sum or amount : sum total

(noun)

a rock composed of mineral crystals of one or more kinds or of mineral rock fragments : an aggregate rock

(noun)

any of several hard inert materials (such as sand, gravel, or slag) used for mixing with a cementing material to form concrete, mortar, or plaster

(noun)

a clustered mass of individual soil particles varied in shape, ranging in size from a microscopic granule to a small crumb, and considered the basic structural unit of soil

(noun)

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(noun)

monetary aggregate

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