What does ACCUMULATE mean?
Definitions for ACCUMULATE
əˈkyu myəˌleɪtac·cu·mu·late
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Princeton's WordNet
roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoardverb
get or gather together
"I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amassverb
collect or gather
"Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
Wiktionary
accumulateverb
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
accumulateverb
To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
accumulateadjective
Collected; accumulated.
Etymology: * First attested in the 1520's.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ACCUMULATEverb
To heap one thing upon another; to pile up, to heap together. It is used either literally, as, to accumulate money, or, figuratively, as, to accumulate merit or wickedness.
Etymology: from accumulo, Lat.
If thou dost slander her, and torture me,
Never pray more; abandon all remorse;
On horrors head horrors accumulate;
For nothing can’st thou to damnation add. William Shakespeare, Othello.Crusht by imaginary treason’s weight,
Which too much merit did accumulate. John Denham.
ChatGPT
accumulate
Accumulate generally means to gather or collect something gradually over time. It can refer to the increasing growth of various things such as material possessions, wealth, knowledge, or even less tangible concepts like experiences or emotions. It comes from the Latin word "accumulare" which means "to heap up."
accumulate
Accumulate refers to the action of gathering together or increasing in quantity over a period of time. It could refer to tangible items like wealth, possessions, or even intangible elements like knowledge or experiences. Generally, it implies a gradual and continuous process.
Webster Dictionary
Accumulateverb
to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money
Accumulateverb
to grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly
Accumulateadjective
collected; accumulated
Etymology: [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Accumulate
ak-kūm′ūl-āt, v.t. to heap or pile up: to amass: to take degrees by accumulation, to take a higher degree at the same time with a lower, or at a shorter interval than usual.—v.i. to increase greatly: to go on increasing.—n. Accumulā′tion, a heaping up: a heap, mass, or pile.—adj. Accum′ulative, heaping up.—n. Accum′ulator, a thing or person that accumulates, esp. an apparatus for storing electricity. [L.—ad, to, cumulus, a heap.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'ACCUMULATE' in Verbs Frequency: #1021
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ACCUMULATE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ACCUMULATE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of ACCUMULATE in a Sentence
The legislature overplayed its hand by using an unlawful process to accumulate more power for itself and override the will of the people.
We identified (the pollution) mainly comes from fishing nets, which is very common debris on Trinidade Island’s beaches, the (nets) are dragged by the marine currents and accumulate on the beach. When the temperature rises, this plastic melts and becomes embedded with the beach’s natural material.
[Lidar] technology hasn't quite developed where it can accumulate this information quickly because the data sets are very dense. We're talking gigabytes and gigabytes of information.
As gutters help the home to cope with heavy rain flow, they’re bound to accumulate debris throughout the year that can obstruct the flow of water and lead to overflowing.
I unequivocally think there's a link between playing football and CTE, we've seen it in 90 out of 94 NFL players whose brains we've examined, we've found it in 45 out of 55 college players and six out of 26 high school players. Now I don't think this represents how common this disease is in the living population, but the fact that over five years I've been able to accumulate this number of cases in football players, it cannot be rare. In fact, I think we are going to be surprised at how common it is.
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- جمعArabic
- увеличавам се, натрупвам, събирам сеBulgarian
- akkumulereDanish
- aufstauen, sich vermehrenGerman
- acumular, acumularse, amontonarSpanish
- اندوختنPersian
- akkumuloitua, kasaantua, kerätä, kasata, kerääntyäFinnish
- accumulerFrench
- tiomsaighIrish
- akimileHaitian Creole
- accumular seInterlingua
- akumulasiIndonesian
- accumularsiItalian
- 蓄積, 溜まる, 積むJapanese
- cumulō, accumulōLatin
- akkumulaMaltese
- vermeerderen, accumuleren, zich opstapelen, opstapelenDutch
- acumularPortuguese
- нака́пливаться, собира́ться, увели́чиваться, копи́ть, аккумули́ровать, собира́ть, накопи́ться, собра́ться, увели́читься, собра́ть, копи́ться, накопи́ть, нака́пливатьRussian
- akumulirati, nakupljatiSerbo-Croatian
- ackumeleraSwedish
- สะสมThai
- tích trữVietnamese
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