Definitions for Accumulate
əˈkyu myəˌleɪtac·cu·mu·late

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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"

2. accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amassverb

   collect or gather

   "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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.

2. accumulateverb

   To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

3. accumulateadjective

   Collected; accumulated.

4. Etymology: * First attested in the 1520's.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Accumulateverb

   to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money

2. Accumulateverb

   to grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly

3. Accumulateadjective

   collected; accumulated

4. Etymology: [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Accumulate' in Verbs Frequency: #1021

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Accumulate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Accumulate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Accumulate in a Sentence

1. Deshawn Yeldell:

   I programmed my own mind with the information I want it to accumulate, influenced by my own self-respect. -MillYentei_DY

2. Laura Fonken:

   The evidence that exposure to artificial light at night is associated with metabolic disturbances is continuing to accumulate, overall, it seems that there aren’t any downsides to trying to keep a consistent sleep schedule and avoid nighttime light exposure.

3. Sundial Capital Goepfert:

   In the age of social media, one good call for an indicator tends to accumulate a wide following.

4. Katsumoto Saotome:

   I think we're turning backwards, down that road, everyone thinks at first that it's nothing, but more and more things accumulate, and then it's repression. I worry about what happens to women and children in this situation. We have to talk about it, maybe that will put a brake on things.

5. Michael Nelson:

   I think this group was in full recognition that this is probably a three-dose series and then will need to accumulate data supporting the need for booster doses and subsequent doses to probably make it a three-dose vaccine.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Accumulate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Accumulate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Accumulate
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Accumulate
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Accumulate