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accumulate

[ uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

accumulated, accumulating.
  1. to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up:

    to accumulate wealth.



verb (used without object)

accumulated, accumulating.
  1. to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity:

    Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.

accumulate

/ əˈːʊˌɪ /

verb

  1. to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱܳپ, adjective
  • ˈܱܳپly, adverb
  • ˈܱܳپness, noun
  • ˈܱܳ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·m·· adjective
  • ԴDza·m·iԲ adjective
  • v··m·ٱ verb overaccumulated overaccumulating
  • a·m·ٱ verb (used with object) preaccumulated preaccumulating
  • a·m·ٱ verb reaccumulated reaccumulating
  • p··m·ٱ verb (used without object) superaccumulated superaccumulating
  • un·m·· adjective
  • ܲa·m·e adjective
  • ɱ-·m·e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of accumulate1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin ܱܳٳܲ “heaped up,” past participle of ܱܳ “to heap up,” from ac- ac- + cumul(us) “heap” ( cumulus ( def ) ) + -, infinitive verb suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of accumulate1

C16: from Latin ܱܳٳܲ, past participle of ܱܳ to heap up, from cumulus a heap
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Example Sentences

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Grant was running the Los Angeles chapter of the Free Black Women’s Library — and accumulating hundreds of books — when a GoFundMe campaign gave her the capital to open a physical bookstore.

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The metals also accumulate in the tissues of animals exposed to them, and then make their way up the food chain as those organisms are eaten by larger ones.

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They are in 14th place in the Premier League, having accumulated 34 points.

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Weighed down by accumulating stress, Cromwell falls ill, and in his delirium sees in the shadows Anne's ladies-in-waiting, hands covered in their mistress' blood.

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Forensic authorities are now examining the accumulated evidence, the attorney general said.

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