| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| aggregate (adj., n., v.) |
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| Functional shift permits these homographs to serve as adjective (We deal in aggregate figures here), as verb (The full list aggregates more than a hundred members), and noun (In the aggregate there is sand, gravel, cement, and water; In the aggregate, their troops outnumbered ours). The final syllable of the verb is pronounced -GAIT, secondarily stressed; for the noun and adjective, it’s -git, unstressed. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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