accumulate

ac·cu·mu·late

 (ə-kyo͞om′yə-lāt′)

v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates

v.tr.

1. To gather or cause to increase; amass: We accumulated enough wood for a fire. Nearly all bank accounts accumulate interest.

2. To be the site for (a gradually increasing mass), especially as a result of disuse or neglect: Those old books are accumulating dust.

v.intr.

To mount or pile up; increase: Snow is accumulating on the roads. See Synonyms at gather.

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[Latin accumulāre, accumulāt- : ad-, ad- + cumulāre, to pile up (from cumulus, heap; see keuə- in Indo-European roots).]

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ac·cu′mu·la·ble (-lə-bəl) adj.

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accumulate

(əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt)

vb

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

[C16: from Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre to heap up, from cumulus a heap]

acˈcumulable adj

acˈcumulative adj

acˈcumulatively adv

acˈcumulativeness n

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ac•cu•mu•late

(əˈkyu myəˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.t.

1. to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up; amass: to accumulate wealth.

v.i.

2. to gather into a heap or mass.

[1520–30; < Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre=ac- ac- + cumulāre to heap, pile]

ac•cu′mu•la•ble, adj.

ac•cu′mu•la`tive, adj.

ac•cu′mu•la`tive•ly, adv.

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accumulate

- One of its Latin elements is cumulus, "a heap."

See also related terms for heap.

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accumulate

Past participle: accumulated
Gerund: accumulating

Imperative

accumulate

accumulate

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	accumulate - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" collect, compile, hoard, amass, roll up, pile up run up - pile up (debts or scores) corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" chunk, lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" bale - make into a bale; "bale hay" catch - take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater" fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan" fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulation salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
	2.	accumulate - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up, gather increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" backlog - accumulate and create a backlog accrete - grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion" drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"

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accumulate

verb build up, increase, grow, be stored, collect, gather, pile up, amass, stockpile, hoard, accrue, cumulate Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
distribute, scatter, disperse, diffuse, dissipate, propagate, disseminate

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accumulate

verb

To bring together so as to increase in mass or number:

accrue, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up.

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Translations

يُكَدِّس، يُكَوِّم

hromadit

hobe sig opsamle

akkumulierensammeln

acumularacumularseamontonarse

accumulerentasserramasserrassembler

felhalmozódik

safnast saman

accumulareaccumulatoreaccumuloammassarecumulare

akumuliatoriuskauptikauptissankaupa

uzkrāt

hope seg oppsamle

acumular

аккумулироватькопитьнакапливатьнакопить

hromadiť

nakopičiti

birikmekyığılmak

堆积积累

accumulate

[əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt]

A. VT → acumular

B. VI → acumularse

C. CPD accumulated depreciation N → depreciación f acumulada

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accumulate

[əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt]

vt

[+ possessions, wealth] → accumuler, amasser

[+ evidence] → accumuler

[+ wisdom] → acquérir

vi

[debts] → s'accumuler, s'amasser

[substance, toxins] → s'accumuler
These toxins accumulate in the lungs → Ces toxines s'accumulent dans les poumons.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

accumulate

vt → ansammeln, anhäufen, akkumulieren (form); evidence → sammeln; (Fin) interest → akkumulieren or zusammenkommen lassen

vi → sich ansammeln or akkumulieren (form); (possessions, wealth also) → sich anhäufen; (evidence) → sich häufen

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accumulate

[əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt]

1. vt → accumulare

2. vi → accumularsi

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accumulate

(əˈkjuːmjuleit) verb

(usually of things) to gather or be gathered together in a large quantity. Rubbish accumulates very quickly in our house. versamel يُكَدِّس، يُكَوِّم натрупвам acumular (na)hromadit (se) sich anhäufen samle; hobe sig op συσσωρεύω, συσσωρεύομαιacumularse koguma, kuhjuma انباشته شدن kertyä accumuler לִצבּוֹר संचय करना nakupiti se felhalmoz(ódik) terkumpul safnast saman accumulare, accumularsi たまる 쌓이다 kaupti(s) uzkrāt(ies) berlonggok ophopensamle, hope seg opp zbierać, gromadzić تولول acumular a (se) acumula; a se strânge, a se aduna накапливать hromadiť (sa) kopičiti se nakupiti hopa [sig], ackumulera[s] สะสม birikmek, yığılmak 累積 нагромаджувати(ся); акумулювати(ся) جمع ہونا ، جمع کرنا thu gom 积累，堆积

acˈcumulation noun

versameling تَكْدِيس، تَرَاكُم натрупване acumulação (na)hromadění, shromažďování die Anhäufung ophobning συσσώρευσηacumulación kogunemine انباشتگی؛ تجمع kertyminen accumulationצבירה, הצטברות संचय nakupina felhalmoz(ód)ás pengumpulan samsöfnun accumulo 蓄積 축적 sankaupa uzkrāšana; uzkrāšanās pengumpulan ophopingsamling, opphopning gromadzenie (się) راټوليدنه acumulação acumulare накопление zhromažďovanie, (na)hromadenie akumulacija nagomilavanje anhopning, ackumulation การเก็บสะสม birikme, yığılma 累積 нагромадження; акумуляція مجموعہ ، ڈھیر sự tích luỹ 积累

acˈcumulator noun

a type of electric battery. opgaarbattery مِركَـم (كَهْرُبَائِي) акумулатор acumulador akumulátor der Akku(mulator) batteri; akkumulator συσσωρευτής, είδος ηλεκτρικής μπαταρίας acumulador aku باطری انباری akku accumulateurמצבר, אוגר संचयन akumulator akku aki rafgeymir accumulatore 蓄電池 축전지 akumuliatorius akumulators akumulator accuakkumulator, batteri rodzaj akumulatora برقى بترى acumulador acu­mulator аккумулятор akumulátor akumulator akumulator ackumulator แบตเตอรี่ชนิดหนึ่ง akümülatör, akü 蓄電池 акумулятор برقی بیٹری کی ایک قسم ắc quy 蓄电池

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accumulate

v. acumular, añadir, aumentar.

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accumulate

vt, vi acumular(se)

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