aggregate 1 of 3

noun

ˈa-gri-gət How to pronounce aggregate (audio)
Definition of aggregatenext
as in total
a complete amount of something numerous episodes of pilferage, taken in the aggregate, can really add up to a significant sum

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aggregate

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verb

ˈa-gri-ˌgāt How to pronounce aggregate (audio)
as in to number
to have a total of over time, her petty thefts aggregated a significant shortfall in the company's books

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aggregate

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adjective

as in collective

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Recent Examples of aggregate
Noun
Tilling can further break down soil aggregates, making the soil more susceptible to crusting in the future. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 Technology that was for decades a contribution to slowing inflation has in recent years flipped to raising prices in aggregate. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
Days a team must wait to aggregate players acquired in a trade. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 Models trained on delayed, aggregated, manually entered or incomplete information can produce outputs that reflect the limitations of the underlying data. — Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
Cementitious grout is made from cement, water, aggregate materials, and, depending on your variation, can also include sand. — Abid Haque, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026 Zaslav’s latest sale of 773,173 shares of WBD stock, for an aggregate market value of $21,655,292, was handled on his behalf by Fidelity Brokerage Services, according to a company filing with the SEC Thursday. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aggregate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggregate
  1. total
  2. number
  3. collective
  4. sum
  5. average
  6. totality
Noun
  • Forecasters said Edouard is expected to produce rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches, with maximum totals up to 9 inches, for parts of the Upper Texas coast inland through east-central Texas.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • By the end of the night, Chicago had nine in total as part of a 17-3 rout that cemented August 2026 as one for the record books for the North Siders.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • The performances made history as the biggest ever open-air concerts in the UK (the crowd numbered 125,000 both days) and are often cited as representing the pinnacle of the Britpop era.
    — Devinder Bains, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The September list numbered 115 stocks, down from 121 in August and, of those, the firm whittled down the top 20.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of number
Adjective
  • Until there is a method to identify CTE in a living brain, the results of the collective efforts to make football safer won’t be known for another 15 to 20 years.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Gal Gadot aside, the most prominent version of Wonder Woman etched in our collective cultural memory—the one from the classic comic strips and the TV series starring Lynda Carter—features her pointed tiara with a central red star.
    — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of collective
Noun
  • Billionaires can volunteer large sums of cash without being forced to do so.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The law helps level the playing field somewhat by letting candidates make their cases to voters who watch broadcast TV without needing to raise exorbitant sums of money.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of sum
Verb
  • That’s going to be especially important against a Ducks defense whose linemen average more than 300 pounds, with an incredibly fast and dangerous linebacker group.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Founders who recently had one exceptional year sometimes assume that year represents their new baseline, when a buyer will more likely average the last three years, or discount the outlier entirely.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of average
Noun
  • What does touch Earth will create an ellipse of totality over the far north of Russia.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Since this is only a partial eclipse, the eclipse will not reach totality, and a sliver of the moon will still be visible.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of totality

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