on aggregate

idiom

British, sports

: with the scores of a series of matches added together

Our team won the same number of matches, but their team scored more goals so they won on aggregate.

Examples of on aggregate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By their lofty standards, Madrid endured a dismal European campaign last term, suffering the ignominy of having to go through the play-offs to qualify for the Round of 16 before being trounced 5-1 on aggregate by Arsenal in the quarter-finals. —Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Palace have emerged as their kryptonite since, winning each of their last three encounters 10-1 on aggregate. —Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025

South American football’s governing body halted Wednesday’s match at Independiente’s Libertadores de America stadium shortly after the start of the second half amid growing security concerns, with the match level at 1-1 and the Chilean side leading 2-1 on aggregate. —CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025

Club America then proceeded to win the league championship for the Clausura season by defeating Cruz Azul 2-1 on aggregate in the final. —Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025

Rhymes for on aggregate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate