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.Web

What does the word aggregate mean? There are 13 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word aggregate. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. aggregate has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.Web

1. gathered into, or considered as, a whole; total. the aggregate number of unemployed. 2. Botany. a. massed into a dense head or cluster, as a flower. b. formed of closely clustered carpels, as the raspberry. 3. Geology. made up of a mixture of mineral fragments, crystals, or similar materials. an aggregate rock. noun. 4.Web

: to collect or gather into a mass or whole. The census data were aggregated by gender. 2. : to amount to (a whole sum or total) : total. audiences aggregating several million people. aggregate. 3 of 3. noun. ag· gre· gate ˈa-gri-gət. 1. : a mass or body of units or parts somewhat loosely associated with one another.Web

v. to (cause to) come together into one mass or whole: [ ~ + object] Sociologists aggregated the data for several groups. [ no object] The white blood cells aggregated in the wound …Web

aggregate noun [C or U] (TOTAL) Add to word list. something formed by adding together several amounts or things: aggregate of They purchased an aggregate of 3,000 shares …Web

aggregate noun [C or U] (TOTAL) Add to word list. something formed by adding together several amounts or things: aggregate of They purchased an aggregate of 3,000 shares …Web

noun. a sum, mass, or assemblage of particulars; a total or gross amount: the aggregate of all past experience. a cluster of soil particles: an aggregate larger than 250 micrometers in diameter, as the size of a small crumb, is technically regarded as a macroaggregate.Web

noun. /ˈæɡrɪɡət/ Idioms. [countable] a total number or amount made up of smaller amounts that are collected together. a record aggregate of 285 points. The three smaller parties gained an aggregate of 25 per cent of the vote. Topics Money c2. Want to learn more?Web

aggregate in British English. adjective (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt ) 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. noun (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt ) 3. a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total.Web