aggregate

  • 21aggregate —    Inert granular material such as sand or gravel which is mixed with cement to make concrete or mortar, or with a binder to make some other solid compound. Sand is the most common aggregate. An aggregate might be added to a mixture to add… …

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  • 22aggregate — 1. noun 1) the specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments Syn: collection, mass, agglomeration, conglomerate, assemblage; mixture, mix, combination, blend, accumulation; compound, alloy, amalgam 2) he won with an aggregate of 325 …

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  • 23aggregate — n. in the aggregate * * * [ ægrɪgeɪt] in the aggregate …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24aggregate — [15] Etymologically, aggregate contains the notion of a collection of animals. It comes from greg , the stem of the Latin noun grex ‘flock, herd’ (also the source of gregarious). This formed the basis of a verb aggregāre ‘collect together’, whose …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25aggregate — (collectivity). Large collections of people may act as groups, with some degree of common purpose, but they may also act as non organized collectivities, or aggregates. For example, an audience or crowd may be said to be an aggregate, in so far… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 26aggregate — [15] Etymologically, aggregate contains the notion of a collection of animals. It comes from greg , the stem of the Latin noun grex ‘flock, herd’ (also the source of gregarious). This formed the basis of a verb aggregāre ‘collect together’, whose …

    Word origins

  • 27aggregate — a group of species, other than a subgenus, within a genus, or a group of species within a subgenus, or a group of subspecies within a species. The aggregate can be indicated by a species group name interpolated …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 28aggregate — adj. Aggregate is used with these nouns: ↑effect, ↑expenditure, ↑output, ↑score …

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  • 29aggregate — Synonyms and related words: A to Z, A to izzard, account, accumulate, accumulated, accumulation, acervation, add up, add up to, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate to, aggregation, aggroup, all, all and sundry, all embracing, all inclusive,… …

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  • 30aggregate — ag•gre•gate adj., n. [[t]ˈæg rɪ gɪt, ˌgeɪt[/t]] v. [[t] ˌgeɪt[/t]] adj. n. v. gat•ed, gat•ing 1) formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined 2) a) bot (of a flower) formed of florets collected… …

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