Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - aggregate
Aggregate
aggregate
n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a collection of, or the total of, disparate elements. 2 pieces of crushed stone, gravel, etc. used in making concrete. 3 a Geol. a mass of minerals formed into solid rock. b a mass of particles. --adj. 1 (of disparate elements) collected into one mass. 2 constituted by the collection of many units into one body. 3 Bot. a (of fruit) formed from several carpels derived from the same flower (e.g. raspberry). b (of a species) closely related. --v. 1 tr. & intr. collect together; combine into one mass. 2 tr. colloq. amount to (a specified total). 3 tr. unite (was aggregated to the group). Phrases and idioms in the aggregate as a whole. Derivatives aggregation n. aggregative adj. Etymology: L aggregare aggregat- herd together (as AD-, grex gregis flock)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English aggregat, from Latin aggregatus, past participle of aggregare to add to, from ad+ greg-, grex flock Date: 15th century formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount ; collective: as, a. clustered in a dense mass or head , formed from several separate ovaries of a single flower , composed of mineral crystals of one or more kinds or of mineral rock fragments, taking all units as a whole , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. transitive verb (-gated; -gating) Date: 15th century to collect or gather into a mass or whole, to amount in the ~ to ; total, III. noun Date: 15th century a mass or body of units or parts somewhat loosely associated with one another, the whole sum or amount ; sum total, 3. an ~ rock, any of several hard inert materials (as sand, gravel, or slag) used for mixing with a cementing material to form concrete, mortar, or plaster, a clustered mass of individual soil particles varied in shape, ranging in size from a microscopic granule to a small crumb, and considered the basic structural unit of soil, set 21, monetary ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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