aggregate

noun

• 1a whole formed by combining several separate elements:the council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies
• the total score of a player or team in a fixture comprising more than one game or round:he set the pace with a one-over-par aggregate of 151 [mass noun]:the result put the sides level on aggregate

• 2a material or structure formed from a mass of fragments or particles loosely compacted together: the specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments
• [mass noun] pieces of broken or crushed stone or gravel used to make concrete and in building: use aggregate for the first layer when filling the trench

adjective

• formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total:the aggregate amount of grants made
• Botany (of a group of species) comprising several very similar species formerly regarded as a single species.
• Economics denoting the total supply or demand for goods and services in an economy at a particular time.

verb

• form or group into a class or cluster: [with object]:socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation [no object]:the butterflies aggregate in dense groups
• Computing collect (related items of content) so as to display or link to them:tools that aggregate data from all of the security devices are a good first step