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The correct spelling is aggregate.
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noun
Say it like: Agg-reg-ate
The correct spelling is aggregate. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole. For example: "The aggregated soil."
Usage Examples
“The aggregated soil.”
“There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.”
“aggregate glands”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- 2.A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- 3.A set (collection of objects).
- 4.The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- 5.The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores
verb
- 1.To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
- 2.To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
- 3.To amount in the aggregate to.
adjective
- 1.Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- 2.Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- 3.Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- 4.Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- 5.Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
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