accumulate
verb (used with object)
to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up.
accumulated
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past participleof accumulate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof accumulate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
accumulateverb (used with object)to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up.
Example Sentences
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The altered cells also accumulated substantially fewer lipid droplets, the structures used to store fat.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Officers investigating Sperino's murder realised AI could help them wade through the mountains of evidence they had accumulated since 1993.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The department said Luster was eligible for and accumulated 977 days of work time and good conduct credit toward his release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The oxygen, a waste product as far as the plant is concerned, is then released into the atmosphere, where it has accumulated for hundreds of millions of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The federal government would take on—which is to say, assume—all the accumulated debts of the states, most of which had their origins during the war.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
