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
  • The center near the Pentagon had an annual budget of $7 million, officials said, with the cross-command total for all civilian security work estimated at around $80 million before the cuts.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The case comes amid a spike in measles infections in the United States, with 2,777 cases this year, the highest total since 1991.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • Psalm 23 is numbered Psalm 22 in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate because of differences in how the psalms are divided and numbered.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Watchlist volume jumps an average of 40 times for Unreleased Gems titles specifically, according to figures Letterboxd has publicly cited, numbers a filmmaker can point to that a skeptical buyer can’t wave away.
    — Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 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
  • Two-bedroom units average $5,185, and three-bedrooms go for an average of $7,752, the site reports.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Courtney Vandersloot successfully returned from ACL surgery at age 37 to average five assists per game.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 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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