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Definitions for cumulative
ˈkyu myə lə tɪv, -ˌleɪ tɪvcu·mu·la·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. accumulative, cumulativeadjective

    increasing by successive addition

    "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"

Wiktionary

  1. cumulativeadjective

    Incorporating all data up to the present

  2. cumulativeadjective

    That is formed by accumulation of successive additions

  3. cumulativeadjective

    That tends to accumulate

  4. cumulativeadjective

    Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid

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  1. cumulative

    Cumulative refers to the total amount or effect of something when it is added up over a period of time. It involves successive additions where the total keeps growing as more quantities or effects are added.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cumulativeadjective

    composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated

  2. Cumulativeadjective

    augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds

  3. Cumulativeadjective

    tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence

  4. Cumulativeadjective

    given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy

  5. Etymology: [Cf. F. cumulatif.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cumulative in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cumulative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cumulative in a Sentence

  1. Tom Vilsack:

    I think I have to take John Wesley Boyd Jr. back 20, 30 years, when Black Farmers know for a fact that socially disadvantaged producers were discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture, black Farmers have reimbursed people in the past for those acts of discrimination, but Black Farmers have never absolutely dealt with the cumulative effect.

  2. Tom Buschatzke:

    They haven’t shared with us any cumulative ballpark, i believe it’s imperative we know the ballpark at least, and eventually the specific number, because it will be less of a gap to close on the necessary reductions.

  3. Jorge Piñon:

    I am not an alarmist but for the first time in a long time I am really worried, you have a number of cumulative effects taking place that can not be solved with band-aids. We are talking about major structural investments in the billions of dollars that could take years to solve this problem.

  4. Steve Warren:

    The key is the cumulative effect over time of the damage we have done to them on the battlefield combined with reduced (foreign fighter) flow, so they have to increasingly use younger fighters, conscripts, and security/governance personnel to field their force.

  5. Andreas Sandin:

    The combination of these various emergencies has, understandably, made it difficult for families to cope, with the cumulative effect being that even small-scale hazards now have the potential to be disastrous, the humanitarian situation in Burundi is at a critical stage, and we need to step up our response to meet the needs of affected families.

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