aggregate 1 of 3

noun

ˈa-gri-gət How to pronounce aggregate (audio)
Definition of aggregatenext
as in total
a complete amount of something numerous episodes of pilferage, taken in the aggregate, can really add up to a significant sum

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aggregate

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verb

ˈa-gri-ˌgāt How to pronounce aggregate (audio)
as in to number
to have a total of over time, her petty thefts aggregated a significant shortfall in the company's books

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aggregate

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adjective

as in collective

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Recent Examples of aggregate
Noun
With Vox’s titles now joining PMC’s preexisting portfolio, Penske has formed the new subsidiary PMX, officially becoming the largest publisher in digital media with 25 titles in the aggregate. — Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026 Vox’s publishing properties Eater; The Verge; Pop Sugar; SB Nation; The Dodo; Punch, and Thrillist also will be part of PMX, bringing the total number of titles under the division to more than 25 in aggregate. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
Verb
Of course, aggregating player news on a free-to-use social media platform is not a direct revenue driver. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026 And local websites, like Charlotte On The Cheap and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority’s website aggregate free or low-cost events going on around the city. — Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Adjective
On one hand, the aggregate data shows that more than half of GLP-1 users (65 percent), regardless of gender, bracket multiple sizes, higher than the 30 percent of general consumers who do, according to a separate and earlier ReturnPro study. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 Piscatella noted that aggregate spending on physical video games in the US was actually up 4 percent year-to-date, compared to the year before. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for aggregate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aggregate
  1. total
  2. number
  3. collective
  4. sum
  5. average
  6. totality
Noun
  • Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images ICE reported 33 detainee deaths in 2025, the highest total in more than two decades, according to the National Immigration Project, a legal nonprofit.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Château de Cîteaux will be home to a total of 35 rooms and suites, with 18 ready for guests now and a further 17 entering the scene later in 2027.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • Google Assistant’s days have been numbered for a while, but the company has now settled on a date to retire its pre-AI assistant robot.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, president of France’s League for the Protection of Birds, told RMC radio that animals affected already numbered in the millions.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of number
Adjective
  • This tomb, and others in Sardinia, was built as a collective burial site around 1800 BCE by the Nuragic people.
    — Leigh Anne Miller for ARTnews, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2026
  • For a series built around the unsettling idea of collective perfection, Pluribus works because each department thrived in the chaos of creation.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of collective
Noun
  • Catch us running in the shadow, to the bank, to withdraw large sums of money.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Put the two together, and the rating climbed beyond their sum.
    — ESMT Berlin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of sum
Verb
  • Headquarters jobs should average more than $140,000 per year.
    — John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026
  • For an investor weighing a bottom-tier ESG rating against a valuation near $2 trillion, the lesson is not to average the letter grade against the stock price.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of average
Noun
  • While North America misses totality, a partial eclipse will be visible across vast regions, including parts of the US and Canada.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Given the totality of those metrics, the United States still has work to do.
    — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of totality

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