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Meaning of 'accumulate'
Meaning of 'accumulate' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Accumulate 
[ a.]
- Collected; accumulated. [ a.]2. Accumulate [ v. i.]
- To grow or increase in quantity or number; to
increase greatly. [ v. i.]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. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'accumulate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. accumulate [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- get or gather together
- 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
Meaning (2):
- collect or gather
- collect or gather
Example in sentence:
- Journals are accumulating in my office;
- The work keeps piling up
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