Accumulate
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English
Verb
Accumulate (third-person singular simple present Accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)
- (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
Adjective
Accumulate (not comparable)
- (rare) Collected; accumulated.
Adverbs for Accumulate
uselessly; painstakingly; laboriously; toilsomely; eccentrically; penuriously; cautiously; judiciously; prudently; close-fistedly; frugally; parsimoniously; economically; conservatively.
Synonyms for Accumulate
collect, pile up, store, amass, gather, aggregate, heap together, hoard, accrue, stack, add, bring together, assemble.
Antonyms for Accumulate
scatter, dissipate, divide, disperse, spend, squander, waste, lessen, dwindle.
Related terms
Thesaurus
accouple; accrue; advance; agglomerate; agglutinate; aggregate; aggroup; amass; appreciate; articulate; assemble; associate; backlog; balloon; band; batch; bloat; bond; boom; bracket; breed; bridge; bridge over; bring together; broaden; bulk; bunch; bunch together; bunch up; cement; chain; clap together; clump; cluster; collect; colligate; collocate; combine; compare; compile; comprise; concatenate; conglobulate; conglomerate; conjoin; conjugate; connect; copulate; corral; couple; cover; crescendo; cull; cumulate; develop; dig up; draw together; dredge up; drive together; embrace; encompass; fund; gain; gain strength; garner; garner up; gather; gather in; gather into barns; gather together; get ahead; get in; get together; glean; glue; go up; group; grow; grub; grub up; heap; heap up; hide; hive; hoard; hoard up; hold; include; increase; intensify; join; juxtapose; keep; knot; lay away; lay by; lay down; lay in; lay together; lay up; league; link; lump together; make up; marry; marshal; mass; match; merge; mobilize; mount; multiply; muster; pair; partner; pick; pick up; piece together; pile; pile up; pluck; proliferate; put away; put together; put up; raise; rake up; rally; rise; roll into one; roll up; round up; run up; save; save up; scare up; scrape together; scrape up; secrete; shoot up; snowball; solder; span; splice; spread; squirrel; squirrel away; stick together; stock; stock up; stockpile; store; store up; strengthen; swell; take in; take up; tape; tie; treasure; treasure up; unify; unite; wax; weld; whip in; widen; yoke
Etymology
From Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“amass, pile up”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“heap”), from cumulus (“heap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/
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Italian
Verb
accumulate
- second-person plural present indicative of accumulare
- second-person plural imperative of accumulare
- Feminine plural of accumulato
Latin
Etymology
From accumulō (“amass, pile up”)
