accumulate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
- First attested in the 1520's.
- From Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“amass, pile up”), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)
- (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
- Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. - Oliver Goldsmith
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to pile up
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to grow in number
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Adjective [edit]
accumulate (not comparable)
- (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
Related terms [edit]
External links [edit]
- accumulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- accumulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
accumulate
- second-person plural present indicative of accumulare
- second-person plural imperative of accumulare
- Feminine plural of accumulato
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From accumulō (“amass, pile up”)
Adverb [edit]
accumulātē (comparative accumulātius, superlative accumulātissimē)
Synonyms [edit]
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References [edit]
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
