accumulative

[ uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.

  2. tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.

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Origin of accumulative

1
First recorded in 1645–55; accumulate + -ive

Other words from accumulative

  • ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb
  • ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun
  • non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjective
  • non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun
  • un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjective
  • un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb
  • un·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun

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How to use accumulative in a sentence

  • People with accumulative minds wander through the museum, very interesting, "Just look at this mosaic, John."

  • But the stimulus which one invention afforded to another gave an accumulative power to the application of new methods.

    The Evolution of Modern Capitalism | John Atkinson Hobson
  • There is a well-marked distinction between the excitable and what I will call the accumulative temperament in patients.

    Notes on Nursing | Florence Nightingale