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

Robin Gosens gave them exactly that, but La Viola came up short against the effervescent Spanish side to lose 4-3 on aggregate. —Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025

Of facing Bodo/Glimt, Europe’s leading giant-killers, barely giving them a sniff over two legs and winning 5-1 on aggregate to reach the final. —Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 10 May 2025

The other semifinal is level at 1-1 on aggregate leading into Thursday night’s second leg. —Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 1 May 2025

Arsenal have been excellent in the Champions League, though, following up a 6-1-1 run through the league phase with dominant showings against PSV Eindhoven in the round of 16 (9-3 on aggregate) and Real Madrid in the quarterfinals (5-1 on aggregate). —Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for on aggregate

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