accumulate

ac·cu·mu·late  (-kymy-lt)

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

v.tr.

To gather or pile up; amass. See Synonyms at gather.

v.intr.

To mount up; increase.

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[Latin accumulre, accumult- : ad-, ad- + cumulre, to pile up (from cumulus, heap; see keu- in Indo-European roots).]

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ac·cumu·la·ble (-l-bl) adj.

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accumulate

Verb

[-lating, -lated] to gather together in an increasing quantity; collect [Latin accumulare to heap up]

accumulative adj

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 << OPPOSITE disperse

Translations

accumulate [əˈkjuːmjuleɪt] vt → acumular

vi → acumularse

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accumulate [əˈkjuːmjuleɪt] vt → accumuler, amasser

vi → s'accumuler, s'amasser

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accumulate [əˈkjuːmjuleɪt] vt → ansammeln

vi → sich ansammeln

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accumulate [əˈkjuːmjuleɪt] vt → accumulare

vi → accumularsi

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accumulate

v accumulate [əˈkjuːmjuleit]

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

n acˈcumulation

versameling تَكْدِيس، تَرَاكُم натрупване (na)hromadění, shromažďování ophobning die Anhäufung συσσώρευση acumulación kogunemine انباشتگی؛ تجمع keräytyminen accumulation צְבִירָה, הִצטַבּרוּת संचय nakupina felhalmoz(ód)ás pengumpulan samsöfnun accumulo 蓄積 축적, 누적 sankaupa uzkrāšana; uzkrāšanās pengumpulan ophoping samling, opphopning gromadzenie (się) acumulação acumulare накопление zhromažďovanie, (na)hromadenie akumulacija nagomilavanje anhopning, ackumulation การเก็บสะสม birikme, yığılma 積累 нагромадження; акумуляція مجموعہ ، ڈھیر sự tích luỹ 积累

n acˈcumulator

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