“Aggregates” is a form of
aggregate
/ˈæɡ.ɹɪ.ɡət/ noun, adjective, verb
Forms aggregates aggregating aggregated
- noun A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- noun A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- noun (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
- noun (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- noun (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
- noun (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- noun Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
- noun (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
- adjective Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- adjective Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- adjective Formed into clusters or groups of lobules. “aggregate glands”
- adjective (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- adjective Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- adjective United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
- verb (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. “the aggregated soil”
- verb (archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
- verb (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to. “There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.”
Synonyms
cluster agg skandha entirety group totality sum total congeries conglomeration combine aggregated aggregative mass
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English aggregat(e) (“a sum, unit, complex, aggregate”), borrowed from New Latin aggregātum (“an aggregate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of aggregātus, the perfect passive participle of aggregō (“to flock together”), from ad- (“at, to, toward”)) + gregō (“to flock or group”), from grex (“flock”, greg- in compounds) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also egregious and gregarious. See also ag-.
From Middle English aggregat(e) (“aggregated”, used as the past participle of aggregaten), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective.
- adjective Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands.
- verb To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil." Milton.
- verb To add or unite, as, a person, to an association.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “aggregate”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details