aggregation
part of speech
noun (aggregation; an aggregation, aggregations)
meaning for a pupil
1) Aggregation is bringing many things together into one group or total. tree →
2) An aggregation is a group or mass of things, animals or people gathered together. tree →
3) (formal, data) Aggregation is combining many numbers into one, such as a total or an average. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in science (an aggregation of ladybirds, fish shoals), maths and data (aggregation of scores), and websites that collect news from many sources (news aggregation).
examples
- An aggregation of ladybirds spent the winter under the bark. tree →
- The website is an aggregation of news from many papers. tree →
- Aggregation of the test scores gave the class average. tree →
- A huge aggregation of jellyfish washed up on the beach. tree →
- The report used aggregation, so no single pupil's mark is shown. tree →
- Cities are an aggregation of many small communities. tree →
note
Formal word. Verb: «aggregate». In maths, aggregation often means adding up (a total) or finding an average; check which one the problem means.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «aggregation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.