amass
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money.
to collect into a mass or pile; gather: He amassed his papers for his memoirs.
to come together; assemble: crowds amassing for the parade.
Origin of amass
1Other words for amass
Other words from amass
- a·mass·a·ble, adjective
- a·mass·er, noun
- a·mass·ment, noun
- re·a·mass, verb (used with object)
- re·a·mass·ment, noun
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How to use amass in a sentence
While publishers continue to invest in and test ways to amass more first- party data, they also have to stay patient as advertisers and agencies take a wait-and-see approach to the coming changes.
‘We seized on podcasts’: How Slate used audio as the foundation of its first-party data strategy | Max Willens | November 6, 2020 | DigidaySo left to third-parties and ad tech companies and even tech platforms who have amassed considerable profits and wealth off of using people’s data outside their expectations we will once again fail as an industry to get to solutions.
‘A common set of interests between publishers and privacy nerds’: Why publishers are backing the sequel to ‘Do Not Track’ | Lara O'Reilly | October 9, 2020 | DigidayIn the face of public pressure, officials have only in the last couple years begun chipping away at what they spent decades amassing.
Dems Want Control of the County – Here’s What They Say They’d Do With it | Jesse Marx | October 7, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoOne common technique to amass supporters was called the “follow-back,” in which a Twitter account would put out a call for followers and promise to return the favor.
As QAnon grew, Facebook and Twitter missed years of warning signs about the conspiracy theory’s violent nature | Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin | October 1, 2020 | Washington PostBy the end of 2018, Kushner Companies had amassed 21,000 apartment units.
The Kushners’ Freddie Mac Loan Wasn’t Just Massive. It Came With Unusually Good Terms, Too. | by Heather Vogell | October 1, 2020 | ProPublica
But together they are quite the pair, amassing nearly 25 million followers on Instagram alone.
Kendall Tries to Outdo Kim by Straddling Cara Delevingne in Love Magazine | Lizzie Crocker | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Fuhrer claimed in his will that he was a man of modest means—but he was amassing billions in property, art, and cash.
Television reports of troops amassing in the hills around The Cathedral were all over the news.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey're not about amassing medals, so much as engendering goodwill; less cut-throat competition, more track and fealty.
Kiss the…Queen’s Baton? The British Empire Is Alive and Well | Debra A. Klein | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAmassing a collection of his own, moreover, might eventually ease his entrance into elitist scientific circles.
Turn that discovery to better uses than the mere amassing of wealth.
The Mystery of a Turkish Bath | E.M. Gollan (AKA Rita)He would never have asked advice of any one in reference either to amassing or to returning money.
The Surprises of Life | Georges ClemenceauIt is true that numerous Uitlanders acquired competences, and some were amassing fortunes, but such prizes were comparatively few.
Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) | C. H. ThomasThe time and energy of men is occupied in amassing facts, in lecturing, and then in eternal examinations.
Oxford | Andrew LangYou owed me that--but a small return for all I had lavished upon you, but a small return for the fortune I was amassing for you.
Grif | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
British Dictionary definitions for amass
/ (əˈmæs) /
(tr) to accumulate or collect (esp riches, etc)
to gather in a heap; bring together
Origin of amass
1Derived forms of amass
- amasser, noun
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