cumulative
increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive parts or elements.
of or relating to interest or dividends that, if not paid when due, become a prior claim for payment in the future: cumulative preferred stocks.
Origin of cumulative
1Other words from cumulative
- cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb
- cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun
- un·cu·mu·la·tive, adjective
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How to use cumulative in a sentence
That number brought the cumulative infections since the beginning of the pandemic to nine million, representing three percent of the US population.
If we look at the cumulative new deaths in counties and then generate a weekly average across blue and red counties, we see that red counties became the main driver of new deaths in late September.
The Trumps don’t seem to understand that their supporters are dying from the coronavirus | Philip Bump | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostSince they’re wireless, cumulative battery life is also an important consideration, and some models even come with a carrying case that doubles as a charger.
Best wireless earbuds: Five things to consider | PopSci Commerce Team | October 30, 2020 | Popular-ScienceAbout 30 states and the District release cumulative counts by facility.
As pandemic raged and thousands died, government regulators cleared most nursing homes of infection-control violations | Debbie Cenziper, Joel Jacobs, Shawn Mulcahy | October 29, 2020 | Washington PostSince Congress last raised the minimum wage, cumulative inflation has reduced its buying power by 20%.
We need a G.I. Bill for frontline workers, the heroes of COVID-19 | matthewheimer | October 27, 2020 | Fortune
However, a series of “moderately problematic” provocations can, cumulatively, become a real crisis.
Netanyahu Must Rein in Extremists in Coalition, or Risk Derailing Peace Talks | Daniel Seidemann, Lara Friedman | August 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTaken cumulatively, the fruits of capitalism have produced an improvement in quality of life that was once unimaginable.
Yet each new book has a print run of 25,000 and, cumulatively, the books have sold more than 200 million copies.
Swiftly, cumulatively as with every intense nature impressions reproduce, this one augmented.
Where the Trail Divides | Will LillibridgeThe plan always works cumulatively toward par, never cumulatively away from par.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsThat each should cover the whole, and that the words should be used cumulatively.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. GladstoneCumulatively upon these conditions of despair, she began to wonder what the deuce this bally coot meant to do with her!
The Shriek | Charles SomervilleTwo years of war had cumulatively desensitized them to thrills.
My Second Year of the War | Frederick Palmer
British Dictionary definitions for cumulative
/ (ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv) /
growing in quantity, strength, or effect by successive additions or gradual steps: cumulative pollution
gained by or resulting from a gradual building up: cumulative benefits
finance
(of preference shares) entitling the holder to receive any arrears of dividend before any dividend is distributed to ordinary shareholders
(of dividends or interest) intended to be accumulated if not paid when due
statistics
(of a frequency) including all values of a variable either below or above a specified value
(of error) tending to increase as the sample size is increased
Derived forms of cumulative
- cumulatively, adverb
- cumulativeness, noun
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