Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

    the aggregated soil

    ansammeln, zusammentragen, zusammenfügen

    gather in a mass, sum, or whole

  2. (transitive)To amount in the aggregate to.

    There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

    ergeben, betragen (Summe)

    amount in the aggregate to

  3. (archaic, transitive)To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.

    sich vereinen, sich vereinigen, beitreten

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Strawberries and raspberries are both examples of an aggregate fruit.

    ruКлубника и малина — примеры сборных плодов. — al42and

    deErdbeeren und Himbeeren sind beides Beispiele für Sammelfrüchte. — Yorwba

  2. Heliotrope is a mineral aggregate commonly also known as bloodstone.

    deHeliotrop ist ein Mineralgemisch, auch bekannt als Blutjaspis. — Vortarulo

  3. Simply put, a human being is an aggregate of many cells.

    deEinfach ausgedrückt, ein Mensch ist eine Ansammlung von Zellen. — Dani6187

  4. Aggregating anemones use their tentacles to sting and paralyze prey.

    deKlon-Anemonen benutzen ihre Tentakel, um Beutetiere zu nesseln und zu lähmen. — Yorwba

  5. In the aggregate, they're a nice enough group, but there are some obnoxious individuals among them.

    deAlle zusammen sind die ja eine ganz nette Truppe, aber da sind auch ein paar unangenehme Individuen dabei. — Yorwba

Translations

7 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum:
To add or unite, as, a person, to an association:
To amount in the aggregate to:

Origin

From Middle English aggregaten (“to aggregate”), from its earlier borrowed past participle

From Middle English aggregaten (“to aggregate”), from its earlier borrowed past participle aggregat(e) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin aggregātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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Forms

aggregates, aggregating, aggregated, aggregated
Base formaggregate · to aggregate
3rd person singularaggregates
Present participleaggregating
Past simpleaggregated
Past participleaggregated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaggregate
he, she, itaggregates

Past simpleLesson

all personsaggregated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave aggregated
he, she, ithas aggregated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill aggregate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • gather in a mass, sum, or whole:combine

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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