ac·cu·mu·la·tion ( -ky m y-l  shn)n. 1. The act of gathering or amassing, as into a heap or pile: "Little things grew by continual accumulation" (Samuel Johnson). 2. The process of growing into a large amount or heap: the steady accumulation of knowledge. 3. An amount that has accumulated or been accumulated: an accumulation of debt; an accumulation of rubbish. |
accumulation
Noun
1. something that has been collected
2. the collecting together of things
Accumulation an accumulated mass; a heap; a pile or quantity formed by successive additions. See also collection, hoard.
Examples: an accumulation of capital, 1843; of energy; of evils; of fortunes; of honours; of ire, 1490; of knowledge, 1760; of power; of snow; of waters; of wealth; of wrath.
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| Noun | 1. | accumulation - an increase by natural growth or addition backup - an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet" buildup - the result of the process of accumulation; "the buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes" deposition, deposit - the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
| 2. |  accumulation - several things grouped together or considered as a wholeprocession - the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden" pharmacopoeia - a collection or stock of drugs string - a collection of objects threaded on a single strand wardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one person wardrobe - collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company universe, population - (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine art collection - a collection of art works backlog - an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services) battery - a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests" block - a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit; "he reserved a large block of seats"; "he held a large block of the company's stock" rule book, book - a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" book - a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game bottle collection - a collection of bottles; "her bottle collection is arranged on glass shelves in the window" coin collection - a collection of coins collage - any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories" content - everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" tout ensemble, ensemble - an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art) considered as forming a whole corpus - a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus" crop - a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" tenantry - tenants of an estate considered as a group findings - a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes flagging - flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place" flinders - bits and splinters and fragments; "it would have shattered in flinders long before it did that damage" pack - a complete collection of similar things deal, hand - the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" long suit - in a hand, the suit having the most cards herbarium - a collection of dried plants that are mounted and systematically classified for study stamp collection - a collection of stamps statuary - statues collectively sum total, summation, sum - the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass gimmickry - a collection of gimmicks nuclear club - the nations possessing nuclear weapons cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other mass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) combination - a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities congregation - an assemblage of people or animals or things collected together; "a congregation of children pleaded for his autograph"; "a great congregation of birds flew over" hit parade - a collection of the best or most popular people or items of a given kind Judaica - historical and literary materials relating to Judaism kludge - a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together) | |
| 3. | accumulation - the act of accumulating buildup - the act of building up an accumulation; "I envied his rapid buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in preparation for the invasion" | |
| 4. |  accumulation - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporationfinance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets net income, net profit, profit, profits, earnings, lucre, net - the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) |
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