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ag·gre·gate   [adj., n. ag-ri-git, -geyt; v. ag-ri-geyt] Show IPA adjective, noun, verb, ag·gre·gat·ed, ag·gre·gat·ing.

adjective

1.

formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.

2.

Botany .

a.

(of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy.

b.

(of a fruit) composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the raspberry.

3.

Geology . (of a rock) consisting of a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical means.

noun

4.

a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount: the aggregate of all past experience.

5.

a cluster of soil granules not larger than a small crumb.

6.

any of various loose, particulate materials, as sand, gravel, or pebbles, added to a cementing agent to make concrete, plaster, etc.

7.

Mathematics . set ( def. 92 ) .

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verb (used with object)

8.

to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body.

9.

to amount to (the number of): The guns captured will aggregate five or six hundred.

verb (used without object)

10.

to combine and form a collection or mass.

Idiom

11.

in the aggregate, taken or considered as a whole: In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.

Origin:

1375–1425; late Middle English  < Latin aggregātus  (past participle of aggregāre ), equivalent to ag- ag-  + greg-  (stem of grex  flock) + -ātus -ate1

Related forms

ag·gre·ga·ble  [ag-ri-guh-buhl] Show IPA, adjective

ag·gre·gate·ly, adjective

ag·gre·gate·ness, noun

ag·gre·ga·to·ry  [ag-ri-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Show IPA, adjective

hy·per·ag·gre·gate, verb, hy·per·ag·gre·gat·ed, hy·per·ag·gre·gat·ing.

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Synonyms

1.  added, complete, whole. 8.  assemble, amass, accumulate, gather.

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Example Sentences

Exposed aggregate surfaces will also add the unusual in surface decoration to a walk, driveway or patio.

Fines and costs, these judgments amount to an aggregate of about $38000.

The crisis flows from the way markets aggregate individually rational choices.

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aggregate

— adj

1. formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate

2. (of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets

— n

3. a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total

4. geology  a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals

5. the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete

6. a group of closely related biotypes produced by apomixis, such as brambles, which are the Rubus fruticosus  aggregate

7. in the aggregate  taken as a whole

— vb

8. to combine or be combined into a body, etc

9. ( tr ) to amount to (a number)

[C16: from Latin aggregāre  to add to a flock or herd, attach (oneself) to, from grex  flock]

'aggregately

— adv

aggregative

— adj

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Word Origin & History

aggregate

c.1400, from L. aggregatus "associated," lit. "united in a flock," pp. of aggregare "add to," from ad- "to" + gregare "herd," so "to lead to a flock" (see gregarious).

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Medical Dictionary

aggregate  ag·gre·gate (āg'rĭ-gĭt)

adj.

 Crowded or massed into a dense cluster. n.

 A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount in a mass or cluster. v. ag·gre·gat·ed , ag·gre·gat·ing , ag·gre·gates  (-gāt')

 To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.

The aggregate marks meaning relates to the overall mark that you scored from all the semesters that you took part in during that year at university

If your total arks of all subject is to 60% then you have 60% aggregate marks ans eligible for admission after 12th.

Aggregate is the average or overall score. Suppose you got 80% in first sem and 60% in second sem, your aggregate score or percentage will be 80+60/2= 70%.

It doesn't really make sense in that sentence fragment. An aggregate is like a total and you don't total percentages, you average them. Also, it only mentions one examination, so it seems there's only one mark, hence nothing to aggregate, or average.

Aggregate means total , alltogether

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