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aggregate
English
Etymology
From Latin aggreg?tus, perfect passive participle of aggreg? (“I flock together”), from ag- (combining form of ad (“to, toward”)) + greg? (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious.
Pronunciation
- Noun and adjective
- enPR: ?'gr?g?t, IPA(key): /?æ?????t/
- Verb
- enPR: ?'gr?g?t, IPA(key): /?æ?????e?t/
Noun
aggregate (countable and uncountable, plural aggregates)
- A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
- 1898, Arthur Berry, A Short History of Astronomy Chapter 12 - Herschel
- If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an ordinary star, the nebulosity must be due to something other than a star cluster.
- 1898, Arthur Berry, A Short History of Astronomy Chapter 12 - Herschel
- A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
- 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities
- This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary.
- 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities
- (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
- (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
- (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores
- 12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017
- Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.
- 12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017
- (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
- Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
- 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers Chapter 21
- "Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed the aggregate of the highway.
- 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers Chapter 21
- (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
Synonyms
- (mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars): cluster
- (attribute of the sentient being in Buddhism): skandha
Translations
Derived terms
- aggregational
- in aggregate
See also
- composite
- conglomerate
- twelve-tone technique
- serialism
References
- DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ?ISBN, Ch. 6.
Adjective
aggregate (comparative more aggregate, superlative most aggregate)
- Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
- 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War Chapter 33 The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901
- All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures, though small for any one column, gave the aggregate result of a considerable victory.
- 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War Chapter 33 The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901
- Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
- Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
- (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
- Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
- United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
Translations
Verb
aggregate (third-person singular simple present aggregates, present participle aggregating, simple past and past participle aggregated)
- (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
- The aggregated soil.
- (archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
- (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
- There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.
Antonyms
- segregate
Translations
References
- aggregate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Italian
Verb
aggregate
- second-person plural present indicative of aggregare
- second-person plural imperative of aggregare
- feminine plural of aggregato
Latin
Verb
aggreg?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of aggreg?
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troop
English
Etymology
Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe (back-formation of troupeau, diminutive of Medieval Latin troppus "flock") and Middle French trouppe (from Old French trope (“band, company, troop”)), both of Germanic origin from Frankish *thorp (“assembly, gathering”), from Proto-Germanic *þurp? (“village, land, estate”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?u?p/
- (US) IPA(key): /t?up/
- Rhymes: -u?p
- Homophone: troupe
Noun
troop (plural troops)
- (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
- A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
- (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
- (nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Coxe to this entry?)
- (Scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
- Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920) Aids To Scoutmastership?[1], page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”
- (collective) A group of baboons.
- A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
- (mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
Derived terms
- troop carrier
- trooper
- troop horse
- troopship
- troop train
Translations
Verb
troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)
- To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
- To march on; to go forward in haste.
- To move or march as if in a crowd.
Derived terms
- troop the colour (British, military)
Translations
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
References
- “troop” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “troop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Porto, Proto, porto, porto-, proot, proto, proto-, tropo, tropo-
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
troop f (plural tropen, diminutive troopje n)
- (music, literature, linguistics) trope
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