aggregator
aggregator — noun
- aggregatorsingular
- aggregatorsplural
1. a website or online service that pulls together information like news stories, p
a website or online service that pulls together information like news stories, prices, or job listings from many different internet sources and displays them all in one convenient place
Yasmin checks a news aggregator each morning to scan headlines from twenty different sources.
Antonia found cheaper flights through an aggregator than on the airline's own website.
collocation: flight aggregator
A job aggregator saved Tuan hours of searching through individual company career pages.
Mia opened a price aggregator and compared one coffee maker across thirty shops in seconds.
Cyrus built a simple aggregator that pulled new articles from his favourite blogs every hour.
- curator
curator implies human editorial selection and taste; aggregator typically relies on automated collection
- compiler
compiler stresses organising information into a finished product; aggregator focuses on live display from multiple feeds
- portal
portal is a general entry-point website; aggregator specifically pulls content in from external sources
- distributor
a distributor sends content out to many places; an aggregator pulls content in from many places
用法筆記
Frequently modified by a noun that names the type of content collected: news aggregator, price aggregator, job aggregator, flight aggregator. Most common in tech and business contexts.
常見錯誤
2. a person, organization, or tool that brings together items or data from multiple
a person, organization, or tool that brings together items or data from multiple separate places into a single collection
Anjali, a document aggregator for the county archives, collects rare manuscripts from estate sales and private collections.
collocation: document aggregator
Gita works as a data aggregator, pulling sales figures from every branch into one report.
The port's aggregator pulls live data from seventeen shipping lines and refreshes a shared dashboard every ten minutes.
Vinícius acted as the group's compliance aggregator, pulling safety reports from all seven factories into a single regulatory filing.
Hana saved the team months of work as a research aggregator, finding relevant studies across oncology, genetics, and surgery.
- collector
collector focuses on amassing items, often of a single type; aggregator emphasises drawing from diverse, separate sources
- compiler
compiler stresses organising and structuring; aggregator stresses the act of gathering from different places
- gatherer
gatherer is more informal and often implies physical collection; aggregator can refer to digital or physical gathering
- disperser
a disperser spreads things apart; an aggregator brings them together from different places
用法筆記
Often followed by 'of' plus the type of items gathered. Distinguish from sense 1 (ONLINE COLLECTOR): this broader sense is not limited to internet or digital collection and is much rarer in everyday use.