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in aggregate

in aggregate prepositional phrase: considered or taken together.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Considered or taken together.
    • Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 7

Forms of in aggregate

alternative formin the aggregate

Questions about in aggregate

What does in aggregate mean?
In aggregate means considered or taken together.
What part of speech is in aggregate?
In aggregate is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in aggregate in the dictionary

  1. in actuality
  2. in addition
  3. in addition to
  4. in advance
  5. in advance of
  6. in aggregate
  7. in agreement
  8. in aid of
  9. in all
  10. in all but name
  11. in all conscience

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