accumulate

American  

[uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt] / əˈkyu myəˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

accumulated, accumulating

1. to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up.

   to accumulate wealth.

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verb (used without object)

accumulated, accumulating

1. to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity.

   Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.

accumulate British  

/ əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• accumulable adjective
• accumulative adjective
• accumulatively adverb
• accumulativeness noun
• nonaccumulating adjective
• overaccumulate verb
• preaccumulate verb (used with object)
• reaccumulate verb
• superaccumulate verb (used without object)
• unaccumulable adjective
• unaccumulated adjective
• well-accumulated adjective

Etymology

Origin of accumulate

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin accumulātus “heaped up,” past participle of accumulāre “to heap up,” from ac- ac- + cumul(us) “heap” ( cumulus ( def. ) ) + -āre, infinitive verb suffix

Example Sentences

Companies with dense data, accumulated through years of transactions and deliveries, enjoy an advantage in training more accurate models.

From Barron's

Day carries a small backpack or purse for the plastic bottles, wrappers and napkins that she accumulates.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even these modest daily reductions were expected to slightly lower blood pressure across the population, with benefits accumulating over time.

From Science Daily

“More debt is accumulated…more capital is misallocated…more institutional lines are crossed.”

From The Wall Street Journal

First, central banks are aggressively accumulating gold as part of a de-dollarization effort, and their holdings as a percentage of reserves are still well below 1970s levels, leaving more room to run.

From Barron's

Related Words

• accrue
• acquire
• add to
• assemble
• collect
• compile
• concentrate
• expand
• gain
• grow
• hoard
• increase
• pile up
• rack up
• swell