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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
Nearby Words:
accadian
accede
acceded
accedence
acceder
acceding
accelerando
accelerate
accelerated
accelerating
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