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cumulative
[ kyoo-myuh-luh-tiv, -ley-tiv ]
adjective
- increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions:
the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
- formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive parts or elements.
- of or relating to interest or dividends that, if not paid when due, become a prior claim for payment in the future:
cumulative preferred stocks.
cumulative
/ ˈːʊəɪ /
adjective
- growing in quantity, strength, or effect by successive additions or gradual steps
cumulative pollution
- gained by or resulting from a gradual building up
cumulative benefits
- finance
- (of preference shares) entitling the holder to receive any arrears of dividend before any dividend is distributed to ordinary shareholders
- (of dividends or interest) intended to be accumulated if not paid when due
- statistics
- (of a frequency) including all values of a variable either below or above a specified value
- (of error) tending to increase as the sample size is increased
Derived Forms
- ˈܱܳپ, adverb
- ˈܱܳپԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- m··پ· adverb
- m··پ·Ա noun
- ܲ·m··پ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cumulative1
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Example Sentences
Am I just feeling the ramifications of this cumulative effect of the chemo?
"We believe that whenever you're exposed to harmful chemicals, that it's cumulative - it all adds up."
The seasonal arc might be described as “cumulative episodic,” in which discrete stories incidentally detail the assembly of a slate of pictures.
But there is a lot we don’t know about how cumulative pollution affects these animals, and what impacts a catastrophe like this year’s fires will have.
“These are definitely grief behaviors that she is showing,” Levin said, and the multiple losses of both dog and house are cumulative.
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