accumulate
- to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity: Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.
Origin of accumulate
Related Words for accumulated
compile, acquire, swell, assemble, accrue, increase, collect, concentrate, gain, hoard, grow, expand, incorporate, cache, profit, gather, procure, unite, agglomerate, amalgamateExamples from the Web for accumulated
Contemporary Examples of accumulated
In our digital world, all the accumulated knowledge of human history is available in the palm of our hands.
The crowd that accumulated to watch the squabble reportedly applauded and cheered as Bieber fled the scene.
An Unlikely Hero Blooms in Ibiza: Orlando Bloom Sort of Punches Justin BieberAmy Zimmerman
July 30, 2014
The raw numbers that he accumulated over his 19 years in that uniform—at least, the raw offensive numbers—are unarguably great.
The Guardian reported in 2007 that he had accumulated $40 billion in hidden wealth.
Nonetheless, the accumulated costs of senseless mass shootings pile up, demanding our attention.
Historical Examples of accumulated
Silence was painful to me, and reply only accumulated difficulty and vexation.
But the accumulated weight of generations of broken law is on our heads.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
I had accumulated a farflung line of drinking men as friends.
The Old GameSamuel G. Blythe
There was the accumulated bitterness of months in his voice.
A Breath of Prairie and other storiesWill Lillibridge
Had they not yet finished paying their accumulated debt to misfortune?
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
accumulate
- to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect
Word Origin for accumulate
Word Origin and History for accumulated
past participle adjective from accumulate (v.). It drove out accumulate (adj.) in this sense (except in poetic use) by c.1700.
accumulate
1520s, from Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare "to heap up" (see accumulation). Related: Accumulated; accumulating.