aggregate

Universal Words noun, adjective, verb noun 1 [C] a total number or amount made up of smaller amounts that are collected together: a record aggregate of 285 points * The three smaller parties gained an aggregate of 25 per cent of the vote. 2 [U,C] (technical) sand or broken stone that is used to make CONCRETE or for building roads, etc. IDIOMS in (the) aggregate (formal) added together as a total or single amount: Businesses are, in the aggregate, deeper in debt than ever before. on aggregate (BrE, sport) when the scores of a number of games are added together: They won 42 on aggregate. adjective [onlybeforenoun] (economics or sport) made up of several amounts that are added together to form a total number: aggregate demand / investment / turnover * an aggregate win over their rivals verb [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ (sth) (with sth) (formal or technical) to combine different items, amounts, etc. into a single group or total: The scores were aggregated with the first round totals to decide the winner. aggregation noun [U,C]: the aggregation of data