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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aggregate
noun /ˈagrɪgət/ 
  • 1 a whole formed by combining several disparate elements.
  • 2 the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round.
  • 3 a material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles.

    ■ pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete.

adjective /ˈagrɪgət/ 
  • 1 formed or calculated by the combination of many separate units or items.
  • 2 Botany (of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.
  • 3 Economics denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.
verb /ˈagrɪgeɪt/ combine into a whole.
– derivatives
aggregation noun,
aggregative /ˈagrɪgətɪv/ adjective.
– origin ME: from L. aggregat-, aggregare ‘herd together’, from ad- ‘towards’ + grex, greg- ‘a flock’.



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