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Word of the Day - aggregate

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Posted Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 9:11 am ET

Pronunciation /ˈaɡrɪɡət/ /ˈaɡrɪɡeɪt/

noun

1 A whole formed by combining several separate elements.

1.1 The total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round.

2 A material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together.

2.1 mass noun Pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete and in building.

adjective

attributive

1 Formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.

1.1 Botany (of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.

1.2 Economics Denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.

verb

1 Form or group into a class or cluster.

1.1 Computing Collect (related items of content) so as to display or link to them.

Phrases

in aggregate

In total; as a whole.

Origin

Late Middle English from Latin aggregat- ‘herded together’, from the verb aggregare, from ad- ‘towards’ + grex, greg- ‘a flock’.

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John sought to aggregate the skills of his entire team in pursuit of the championship.