aggregate
part of speech
noun (an aggregate, aggregates); adjective; verb (aggregate, aggregates, aggregated, aggregating)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) A total made by adding several amounts together. tree →
2) (sport, UK and elsewhere) The total score over two or more games: "on aggregate". tree →
3) (adjective, formal) Made up of many parts added together. tree →
4) (verb, formal) To collect or add things together into one total. tree →
5) (science, building) Sand, gravel and small stones mixed into concrete. tree →
sense in the lessons
A stiff exam word: "find the aggregate" means find the total. In football cups, a team wins "on aggregate" when its two scores added together are bigger. Phrases: in aggregate, on aggregate, aggregate score.
examples
- Find the aggregate of 12, 15 and 23. tree →
- City won 4–3 on aggregate after the two matches. tree →
- The aggregate cost of the trip was 300 dollars. tree →
- Her aggregate mark across all tests was the highest in the class. tree →
- The builders mixed cement with aggregate. tree →
- The data from all the schools was aggregated into one table. tree →
note
Noun stressed "AG-ri-gat"; verb often "AG-ri-gate". In a maths problem "aggregate" means the total: add all the amounts. Do not confuse with "average", which is the total divided by how many.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «aggregate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.