aggregate

1. 1.

   amount in the aggregate to

   Broadercome
2. 2.

   gather in a mass, sum, or whole

   Synonymscombine

   Broadermix

   Narrowerunitize

1. 1.

   formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

   “aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”

   “the aggregated amount of indebtedness”

   Synonymsaggregatedaggregativemass

   Similarcollective
2. 2.

   composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets

   “raspberries are aggregate fruits”

   Similarmultiple

   botany

Other forms of aggregate

plural

aggregates·

past tense

aggregated·

present participle

aggregating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aggregate

What does aggregate mean?

aggregate means "the whole amount". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aggregate?

aggregate has 3 syllables: ag-gre-gate. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ˈæɡɹəɡət/.

What is another word for aggregate?

Close synonyms include sum, total, totality, congeries, conglomeration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aggregate a common word?

aggregate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.