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
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