aggregation
- 01 C1 Advanced
the act of gathering different things together into one group or total.
the process of collecting or gathering separate parts into a single mass, sum, or whole.
Simple“The aggregation of data from different websites helps us compare prices easily.”
In context“The aggregation of individual consumer preferences into a single market trend requires sophisticated statistical modelling.”
UsageOften used as an uncountable noun when referring to the process itself.
SynonymsAntonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
a group of things that have been collected together.
a collection of particulars or individuals considered as a single unit or aggregate.
Simple“The crowd was just a large aggregation of people waiting for the bus.”
In context“The final report was an aggregation of various studies conducted over the last decade.”
UsageCommonly used as a countable noun in this sense.
- 03 C2 Proficiency
a way to organize data where one object contains other objects but does not own them.
a specific type of object composition in software engineering where one object contains others without implying exclusive ownership.
Simple“In this software design, the department is an aggregation of several employees.”
In context“The developer chose aggregation over inheritance to ensure that the child objects could exist independently of the parent container.”
UsageUsed specifically in object-oriented programming contexts.
Synonyms - 04 C2 Proficiency
combining different parts of a sentence to make it shorter and clearer.
a component of natural language generation involving the combination of multiple syntactic elements into a single structure.
Simple“Aggregation helps a computer turn two short sentences into one longer, natural sentence.”
In context“Without effective aggregation, the generated text would appear repetitive and lack the cohesive flow of human speech.”
Teacher's tipThis is a highly specialized term in computational linguistics; general learners will rarely encounter it.
“Synthetic foldamers offer larger surfaces that can engage these difficult targets and disrupt the abnormal protein interactions that lead to toxic aggregation.”
From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.