accumulate
Use Accumulate in a sentence
myəˌleɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
verb (used without object)
2.
to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity: Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus -ate1
1520–30; < Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre), equivalent to ac- ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ac·cu·mu·la·ble, adjective
non·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, adjective
o·ver·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, o·ver·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, o·ver·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.
pre·ac·cu·mu·late, verb (used with object), pre·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, pre·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.
re·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, re·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, re·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.
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accumulate (əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect | |
| [C16: from Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre to heap up, from cumulus a heap] | |
| ac'cumulable | |
| —adj | |
| ac'cumulative | |
| —adj | |
| ac'cumulatively | |
| —adv | |
| ac'cumulativeness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
accumulate
1520s, from L. accumulatus, pp. of accumulare (see accumulation); pp. adj. accumulated drove out accumulate (adj.) in this sense (except poetic) by c.1700.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Mercury released into the air can accumulate in plants, fish and humans.
The more faces they correctly identify the more points they accumulate.
Belief that over time, statistics must accumulate to gradual even amount, regardless of the actual scenario.
As readers move from one chapter to the next, insights accumulate.
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