aggregate English · revision 14911

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1400|origins=la grex}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: noun, adjective /ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡət/; verb /ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡeɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|aggregat]], [[bor|la|aggregātus|t=associated, united]], the past participle of [[m|la|aggregō|t=to add to a flock, bring together]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|ad-|t=to]] and [[m|la|grex|t=flock, herd]] (see [[gregarious]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) from [[ine-pro|*ger-|t=to gather]].^(Etymonline) The noun is from [[m|la|aggregātum]], the neuter of the participle.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Collected into one body or mass: about 1400.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb, to bring together in a sum or mass, is from about 1400, probably first in Wycliffe,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and the noun, a whole made of many units, from before 1425.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The intransitive verb, to come together, is from 1855.^(Etymonline) In law, a body of many individuals united in one association is aggregate from 1625,^(OED 1989) in botany from 1693 and in geology, of a rock of distinct minerals such as granite, from 1795.^(OED 1989) ''Aggregate demand'' in economics is from 1894.^(OED 1989) The building sense, the sand and stone mixed into concrete, is now common.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) Aggregation is probably from before 1425.^(Barnhart 1988)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1400 – collected into one body.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1425 – an aggregate (noun).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1625 – aggregate (law).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1795 – aggregate rock (geology).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1855 – to come together.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1894 – aggregate demand.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Forming or amounting to a whole; [[total]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Massed into a dense cluster.^(AHD)

+ # ''(botany)'' Of fruits or flowers, made of a dense cluster of [[carpel|alt=carpels]] or florets.^(Collins 2023)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(geology)'' Composed of a mixture of minerals.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ===Noun===

+ # A total made up of separate parts; the sum total.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The sand, gravel or stone mixed with cement and water to make [[concrete]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(geology)'' A rock made of a mixture of minerals, such as granite.^(Collins 2023)

+

+ ===Verb===

+ # To gather into a mass, sum or whole.^(AHD)

+ # To amount to; to total.^(AHD)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aggregately]]

+ * [[aggregation]]

+ * [[aggregative]]

+ * [[aggregator]]

+ * [[aggregateness]]

+ * [[macroaggregate]]

+ * [[subaggregate]]

+ * [[disaggregate]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gregarious]]

+ * [[congregate]]

+ * [[segregate]]

+ * [[egregious]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}