aggregate adj
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 n
3 a sum or assemblage of many separate units; sum total
4 (Geology) a rock, such as granite, consisting of a mixture of minerals
5 the sand and stone mixed with cement and water to make concrete
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in the aggregate taken as a whole vb
7 to combine or be combined into a body, etc.
8 to amount to (a number)
(C16: from Latin aggregare to add to a flock or herd, attach (oneself) to, from grex flock)
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aggregately adv
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