Idioms for aggregate
in the aggregate,
taken or considered as a whole: In the aggregate, our losses have been relatively small.
Origin of aggregate
SYNONYMS FOR aggregate
historical usage of aggregate
All three parts of speech of
aggregate (adjective, noun, verb) come directly from Latin
aggregāt-, the stem of
aggregātus, the past participle of
aggregāre.
Aggregāre is a compound of ag-, a variant of the prefix ad- “to, toward,” and a derivative of the noun grex (inflectional stem greg- ) “flock, herd, band, troop, company”; aggregāre therefore means “to make (people) flock together, enter into association, join”—the association with grex “flock” is clear.
The Latin forms come from the Proto-Indo-European root ger-, gere- “to gather, collect,” which appears in Celtic, Germanic, Baltic, and Slavic. Probably the most important derivative of ger-, gere- for the history of Western culture is the Greek noun agorá “meeting, assembly, market, marketplace, trade, traffic,” especially the Agora in Athens, the chief marketplace and center of the city’s civic life.
Aggregāre is a compound of ag-, a variant of the prefix ad- “to, toward,” and a derivative of the noun grex (inflectional stem greg- ) “flock, herd, band, troop, company”; aggregāre therefore means “to make (people) flock together, enter into association, join”—the association with grex “flock” is clear.
The Latin forms come from the Proto-Indo-European root ger-, gere- “to gather, collect,” which appears in Celtic, Germanic, Baltic, and Slavic. Probably the most important derivative of ger-, gere- for the history of Western culture is the Greek noun agorá “meeting, assembly, market, marketplace, trade, traffic,” especially the Agora in Athens, the chief marketplace and center of the city’s civic life.
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British Dictionary definitions for aggregating
aggregate
adjective (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)
formed of separate units collected into a whole; collective; corporate
(of fruits and flowers) composed of a dense cluster of carpels or florets
noun (ˈæɡrɪɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt)
verb (ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪt)
to combine or be combined into a body, etc
(tr)
to amount to (a number)
Derived forms of aggregate
aggregately, adverb aggregative (ˈæɡrɪˌɡeɪtɪv), adjectiveWord Origin for aggregate
C16: from Latin
aggregāre to add to a flock or herd, attach (oneself) to, from
grex flock
Medical definitions for aggregating
aggregate
[ ăg′rĭ-gĭt ]
adj.
Crowded or massed into a dense cluster.
n.
A total considered with reference to its constituent parts; a gross amount in a mass or cluster.
v.
To gather into a mass, sum, or whole.