aggregate
/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/
Frequency: 3.94 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an ordinary star, the nebulosity must be due to something other than a star cluster."
- "1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary."
- "Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout."
- ""Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed the aggregate of the highway."
- "He explained that engineers had been able to examine the bridge visually, and had started surveying likely sites for access roads and where to place the heavyweight crawler crane. NR was also ordering the aggregates needed for the access roads."
- "All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures, though small for any one column, gave the aggregate result of a considerable victory."