aggregate

pronunciation

How to pronounce aggregate in British English: UK [ˈæɡrɪɡət , ˈæɡrɪɡeɪt] word uk audio image

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Noun:

a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
the whole amount
Verb:

amount in the aggregate to
gather in a mass, sum, or whole
Adjective:

gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole
formed of separate units in a cluster

Word Origin

aggregate: aggregate: [15] Etymologically, aggregate contains the notion of a collection of animals. It comes from greg-, the stem of the Latin noun grex ‘flock, herd’ (also the source of gregarious). This formed the basis of a verb aggregāre ‘collect together’, whose past participle aggregātus passed into English as aggregate. Latin grex is related to Greek agorā ‘open space, market place’, from which English gets agoraphobia.=> agoraphobia, egregious, gregarious, segregate

aggregate (adj.): c. 1400, from Latin aggregatus "associated," 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).

aggregate (v.): c. 1400, from Latin aggregatum, neuter past participle of aggregare (see aggregate (adj.)). Related: Aggregated; aggregating.

aggregate (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.)).

1. Unfortunately , aggregate numbers conceal many horrors , most notably in eastern europe .

3. But with hundreds of millions of families increasing consumption , the aggregate amounts are significant .

4. Recycling concrete aggregate is naturally leaded by building construction , maintenance and dismantlement .

5. Top leaders always score significantly higher in this competency ; since more top leaders are men , men still score higher here in the aggregate .