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Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

aggregate

NOUN:	1. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition: amount, sum, summation, sum total, total, totality. Archaic : tale. See COUNT. 2. An amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back: all, entirety, everything, gross, sum, total, totality, whole. Informal : work (used in plural). Idioms: everything but (or except) the kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole ball of wax (or kit and caboodle) (or megillah) (or nine yards) (or shebang) . See PART.
VERB:	1. To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, amass, collect¹, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up. See COLLECT. 2. To come to in number or quantity: amount, number, reach, run into, total. Idioms: add up to. See INCREASE.


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