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accumulate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'accumulate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Accumulate [ a.]
- Collected; accumulated.
2 . Accumulate [ v. i.]
- To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
3 . Accumulate [ v. t.]
- To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

Meaning of 'accumulate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . accumulate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- collect or gather
Example in sentence:
  • corralling votes for an election;
  • Journals are accumulating in my office;
  • The work keeps piling up
Meaning (2):
- get or gather together
Example in sentence:
  • 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