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aggregate

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.

DEFINITIONS OF: aggregate

1

n a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

Synonyms:
congeries, conglomeration
Type of:
sum, sum total, summation
the final aggregate

n the whole amount

Synonyms:
sum, total, totality
Type of:
unit, whole
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

n material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

Type of:
material, stuff
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

adj formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

“aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”
Synonyms:
aggregated, aggregative, mass
collective
forming a whole or aggregate

adj composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets

“raspberries are aggregate fruits”
Synonyms
multiple
having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual

v gather in a mass, sum, or whole

Synonyms:
combine
Types:
unitise, unitize
make into a unit
Type of:
amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify
to bring or combine together or with something else

v amount in the aggregate to

Type of:
add up, amount, come
develop into
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