Antonyms for aggregate


Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : adjective, noun ag-ri-git, -geyt; verb ag-ri-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˈæg rɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt; verb ˈæg rɪˌgeɪt


Definition of aggregate

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Latin aggregatus "associated," literally "united in a flock," past participle of aggregare "add to (a flock), lead to a flock, bring together (in a flock)," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + gregare "herd" (see gregarious).
  • adj forming a collection from separate parts
  • noun collection
  • verb combine into a collection
Example sentences :
  • Total: Sixteen fish; aggregate weight, one hundred and forty pounds.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • I have observed that the aggregate procession was on the whole pleasant to see.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • But in the aggregate, also like marriage, there is no doubt of its value.
  • Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt
  • We thus form an aggregate (of institutions, of groups of men, of events).
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
  • The aggregate amount of these notes was fifty thousand livres.
  • Extract from : « The Coinages of the Channel Islands » by B. Lowsley
  • And is our happiness anything but an aggregate of these grains of pleasure?
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • There were fourteen Caxtons, 'the aggregate produce' of which was £3 14s.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts
  • They send to Marquette an aggregate of one thousand tons per week.
  • Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
  • Of these last there were instances amounting in the aggregate to a small host.
  • Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • The aggregate of circumstances outweighed the isolated cause.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

Synonyms for aggregate

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