aggregate
noun
• a whole formed by combining several separate elements.
• "the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies"
• a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together.
• "the specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments"
Similar:
collection,
mass,
cluster,
lump,
clump,
pile,
heap,
bundle,
quantity,
accumulation,
build-up,
agglomeration,
concentration,
assemblage,
mixture,
mix,
combination,
blend,
compound,
alloy,
amalgam,
conjunction,
synthesis,
marriage,
miscellany,
jumble,
hotchpotch,
mixed bag,
aggregate
adjective
• formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.
• "the aggregate amount of grants made"
Similar:
total,
combined,
whole,
gross,
accumulated,
added,
entire,
complete,
full,
comprehensive,
overall,
composite,
aggregate
verb
• form or group into a class or cluster.
• "socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin aggregat- ‘herded together’, from the verb aggregare, from ad- ‘towards’ + grex, greg- ‘a flock’.
