verb, noun · academic
aggregate
/ˈæɡrɪɡət/AG·gre·gate
to combine several amounts or things into one total; a total that is made up of smaller amounts
Examples
“We aggregated the survey results to get an overall satisfaction score.”
“The aggregate of spending across departments rose last year.”
“In aggregate, the policy change seems to have increased access.”
Band 8 sentence
“When evaluating policy outcomes, researchers often aggregate data from multiple sources to identify robust trends.”
Collocations
- aggregate data
- in aggregate
- aggregate score
Word family
Common mistakes
use 'total' instead of 'aggregate' in academic writing→use 'aggregate' when emphasising formal combination of datasets
translate 'aggregate' word-by-word thành 'tổng hợp' rồi để câu thô→dùng 'gộp lại' hoặc 'tổng' phù hợp ngữ cảnh, ví dụ 'gộp dữ liệu' hoặc 'tổng số'
Say it for a higher band
5total→6sum→7+aggregate
Synonyms
total
Easily confused
total
“The total number of participants increased by 20 percent.”
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