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accumulate
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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.

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

ac·cumu·la·ble (-l-bl) adj.

accumulate [əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt]
vb
to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect
[from Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre to heap up, from cumulus a heap]
accumulable  adj
accumulative  adj
accumulatively  adv
accumulativeness  n

accumulate - One of its Latin elements is cumulus, "a heap."
See also related terms for heap.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.accumulate - get or gather togetheraccumulate - 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"
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 gatheraccumulate - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
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"

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
Translations
accumulate [əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt]
A. VTacumular
B. VIacumularse
C. CPD accumulated depreciation Ndepreciación f acumulada

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.

accumulate
vtansammeln, anhäufen, akkumulieren (form); evidencesammeln; (Fin) interestakkumulieren or zusammenkommen lassen
visich ansammeln or akkumulieren (form); (possessions, wealth also)sich anhäufen; (evidence)sich häufen

accumulate [əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt]
1. vtaccumulare
2. viaccumularsi

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 kertyä (s')accumuler לִצבּוֹר संचय करना nakupiti se felhalmoz(ódik) terkumpul safnast saman accumulare, accumularsi たまる 쌓이다 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 累積 нагромаджувати(ся); акумулювати(ся) جمع ہونا ، جمع کرنا thu gom ;
n acˈcumulation
versameling تَكْدِيس، تَرَاكُم натрупване (na)hromadění, shromažďování ophobning die Anhäufung συσσώρευση acumulación kogunemine انباشتگی؛ تجمع kertyminen accumulation צְבִירָה, הִצטַבּרוּת संचय nakupina felhalmoz(ód)ás pengumpulan samsöfnun accumulo 蓄積 축적 sankaupa uzkrāšana; uzkrāšanās pengumpulan ophoping samling, opphopning gromadzenie (się) acumulação acumulare накопление zhromažďovanie, (na)hromadenie akumulacija nagomilavanje anhopning, ackumulation การเก็บสะสม birikme, yığılma 累積 нагромадження; акумуляція مجموعہ ، ڈھیر sự tích luỹ
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


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