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Aggregate Aggregated Collect Verb Means æɡrɪɡət V.集合;合计 Power

Front aggregate
Pron ['æɡrɪɡət]
Back 【aggregate】
v.集合;合计
The power of the allies aggregated together was great, though individually some were quite weak.
尽管个人的力量相当微弱,只要团结起来,便可汇成一股强大的力量。
His various wages for the year aggregated $22,000.
一年内,他的各种工资总计有两万两千元。
Vocab
aggregatea sum total of many heterogenous things taken together

To aggregate is to collect many units into one. If you're writing a novel, you might create a character who is an aggregate of five or six real people.

Aggregate comes from the Latin verb aggregare, which means to add to. As a verb it means to collect into a mass or whole. You can also use it as an adjective, as in your aggregate sales for February, March and April. It can also be a noun. The mountain of foam in bubble bath is an aggregate of small bubbles. If you plan to work in economics or business, expect to see the word aggregate quite a lot.

All forms of 'aggregate' will appear on average once every 825 pages.
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