accumulate

[ uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt ]

/ əˈkyu myəˌleɪt /

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verb (used with object), ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.

to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.

verb (used without object), ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.

to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity: Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.

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Origin of accumulate

1520–30; <Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre), equivalent to ac-ac- + cumul(us) heap + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM accumulate

ac·cu·mu·la·ble, adjectivenon·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, adjectiveo·ver·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, o·ver·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, o·ver·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.pre·ac·cu·mu·late, verb (used with object), pre·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, pre·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.

re·ac·cu·mu·late, verb, re·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, re·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.su·per·ac·cu·mu·late, verb (used without object), su·per·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, su·per·ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.un·ac·cu·mu·la·ble, adjectiveun·ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, adjectivewell-ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, adjective

Words nearby accumulate

acculturation, acculturationist, acculturize, accum., accumbent, accumulate, accumulation, accumulation point, accumulative, accumulator, accuracy

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How to use accumulate in a sentence

A lot of restaurants are accumulating debt via loans or depleting whatever funds they have left, the hole is going to be too big to get out of which will result in many more restaurant doors closing.
Is the Government Just Going to Watch the Restaurant Industry Die?|Elazar Sontag|August 28, 2020|Eater
Some sought thousands of dollars in unpaid rent that had accumulated over months.
She Was Sued Over Rent She Didn’t Owe. It Took Seven Court Dates to Prove She Was Right.|by Danielle Ohl, Capital Gazette, and Talia Buford and Beena Raghavendran, ProPublica|August 25, 2020|ProPublica
To learn how much ice is accumulated and how much of it slides off the continent, scientists set up special survey stakes….
50 years ago, scientists clocked the speed of Antarctic ice|Maria Temming|August 20, 2020|Science News
Officers who accumulate such complaints should be watched closely, re-trained or encouraged to seek other employment.
An Officer’s Word Shouldn’t Be the Last Word|Andrew Taylor|August 19, 2020|Voice of San Diego

Amazon and Roku have each accumulated user bases of more than 40 million households, and Roku has built up its platform business to the point that it makes more money from selling ads and subscriptions than from selling devices.
Shut out of Fire TV and Roku, Peacock is the latest example of the arrival power moves to streaming|Tim Peterson|July 15, 2020|Digiday
Real understanding and actual truth accumulate more insidiously.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bolstered by the momentum of Savage, Masters continued to accumulate up-and-coming conservative talent.
The Godfather of Right-Wing Radio|Caitlin Dickson|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This means that their gene pools stagnate and accumulate increasingly harmful mutations.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees|Carrie Arnold|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To accumulate wealth so fast and on such a scale, it is necessary to eliminate independent law enforcement.
Ukraine’s Revolutionary Lesson for Russia|David Satter|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Until early November it was very easy to accumulate a large amount of money by selling, and re-selling highly modified cars.
My Secret Life in Los Santos|Eli Lake|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These were frequently buried beneath deposits of stalagmite and other materials that must have taken a long time to accumulate.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
Legends accumulate here around the persons of Arthur and his knights.
The Towns of Roman Britain|James Oliver Bevan
The weather has turned to rain again, and the country is losing the snow, whilst the trenches accumulate the rain and mud badly.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
What a vocabulary one could accumulate, if from six to eighteen he added only two words a day!
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
To accumulate as quickly as possible the amount of money needed to enable us to lead an idle life.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence|Eugne Sue

British Dictionary definitions for accumulate

accumulate

/ (əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt) /

verb

to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect

Derived forms of accumulate

accumulable, adjectiveaccumulative, adjectiveaccumulatively, adverbaccumulativeness, noun

Word Origin for accumulate

C16: from Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre to heap up, from cumulus a heap

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