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- DictionaryAc·cu·mu·late/əˈkyo͞om(y)əˌlāt/
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- 1. gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of: "investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence"
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Collect is used for getting examples of something from different people or places that are physically separated. accumulate (rather formal) to gradually get more and more of something over a period of time; to gradually increase in number or quantity over a period of time: I seem to have accumulated a lot of books. Debts began to accumulate.
1 [transitive] accumulate something to gradually get more and more of something over a period of time synonym amass I seem to have accumulated a lot of books. By investing wisely she accumulated a fortune. We have accumulated a great amount of evidence. Thesaurus collect. gather; accumulate; amass
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to increase in amount over a period of time, or to make something increase over a period of time: The chemicals accumulate in your body. to accumulate wealth / debts. accumulation. noun [ U ] uk / əˌkjuːmjəˈleɪʃ ə n / us. (Definition of accumulate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of accumulate.
From Longman Business Dictionary ac‧cu‧mu‧late /əˈkjuːmjəleɪt/ verb 1 [ transitive] to get, earn, or obtain something gradually over a period of time He had accumulated $20,000 in interest. A lot of companies have accumulated significant debts. 2 [ intransitive] to increase or develop gradually over a period of time the funds that ...
to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth. v.i. to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity: Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating. Latin accumulātus heaped up (past participle of accumulāre ), equivalent. to ac- ac - + cumul ( us) heap + -ātus - ate1.
Definitions of 'accumulate' When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time. [...] More. Conjugations of 'accumulate' present simple: I accumulate, you accumulate [...] past simple: I accumulated, you accumulated [...] past participle: accumulated. More. Synonyms of 'accumulate'
