1. A sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
   "The museum housed an aggregate of artifacts from various ancient civilizations";
   - congeries, conglomeration
    
2. The complete amount or number when all parts are combined
   "The aggregate of his debts exceeded his assets";
   - sum, total, totality
    
3. Material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster
   "The construction crew mixed the aggregate with cement to form the foundation"

1. Gather in a mass, sum, or whole
   "The company aggregated data from various sources";
   - combine
    
2. Amount in the aggregate to
   "The expenses aggregated to over a million dollars"

1. Formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
   "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year";
   - aggregated, aggregative, mass
    
2. (botany) composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels, florets or drupelets
   "raspberries are aggregate fruits"

Derived forms: aggregated, aggregates, aggregating

See also: collective, multiple

Type of: add up, amalgamate, amount, come, commix [archaic], material, mingle, mix, stuff, sum, sum total, summation, unify, unit, whole

Encyclopedia: Aggregate