Meaning & use
aggregate score
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Meanings
nouncountable
The total score combining results from two or more games or stages.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'an aggregate score' or 'the aggregate scores'.
Patterns
- on aggregate
- aggregate score of
- win on aggregate
After two legs, the aggregate score was 3–2 to United.
They advanced on aggregate despite losing the second match.
The aggregate score across both games determined the winner.
nouncountable
A combined total of points or results from different parts of a competition or assessment.
Grammar: Can refer to non-sport contexts like exams or surveys.
Patterns
- aggregate score of
- calculate the aggregate score
The aggregate score of the two tests counts for 40% of the final grade.
Researchers calculated an aggregate score for all participants.
Word forms
| plural | aggregate scores |
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Common combinations
- on aggregate
- They won the tie on aggregate.
- aggregate score of
- The aggregate score of the series was 5–4.
- win on aggregate
- Barcelona won on aggregate after a 2–2 draw.
Synonyms and how they differ
- total score
- Total score is more general and can refer to a single game; aggregate score usually implies combining multiple games.
- combined score
- Combined score is similar but less technical; aggregate score is the standard term in two-leg competitions.
Word family
- aggregate verb
- To collect or combine into a whole.
- aggregation noun
- The process of combining things.
Commonly confused: aggregate score or average score?
aggregate score vs average score
Average score is the mean value; aggregate score is the sum, not divided by the number of games.
Practice
In a two-leg match, Team A wins 2–1 and Team B wins 1–0. What is the aggregate score?
Choose one answer.
The aggregate score adds both games: 2+1=3 for Team An and 1+0=1 for Team B, so it is 3–1 to Team A. Option 0 is wrong because it does not add correctly.
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