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accumulate
[ uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up:
to accumulate wealth.
verb (used without object)
- to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity:
Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.
accumulate
/ əˈːʊˌɪ /
verb
- to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect
Derived Forms
- ˈܱܳپ, adjective
- ˈܱܳپly, adverb
- ˈܱܳپness, noun
- ˈܱܳ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·m·· adjective
- ԴDza·m·iԲ adjective
- v··m·ٱ verb overaccumulated overaccumulating
- a·m·ٱ verb (used with object) preaccumulated preaccumulating
- a·m·ٱ verb reaccumulated reaccumulating
- p··m·ٱ verb (used without object) superaccumulated superaccumulating
- un·m·· adjective
- ܲa·m·e adjective
- ɱ-·m·e adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of accumulate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of accumulate1
Example Sentences
The bloom currently wreaking havoc off the coast produces a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which accumulates in small fish like sardines and anchovies.
The Department of Water and Power accumulated the most overtime pay: $426 million.
Agent Orange barrels were stored at the base, which leaked large amounts of the toxin into soil and water, where it continues to accumulate in animal tissue as it moves up the food chain.
“Those things really, really accumulate, especially when you’re turning the ball over.”
At that time the research was already accumulating, but the idea went counter to the prevailing view in neuroscience.
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