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accumulative

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ac·cu·mu·la·tive  (-kymy-ltv, -l-tv)
adj.
1. Characterized by or showing the effects of accumulation; cumulative.
2. Tending to accumulate.
ac·cumu·la·tive·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.accumulativeaccumulative - increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"
cumulative
additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"
2.accumulativeaccumulative - marked by acquiring or amassing; "we live in an accumulative society"
acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
Translations
accumulative [əˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] ADJ → acumulativo
accumulative [əˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv] adj (= cumulative) → cumulatif/ive


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The key is man's power of accumulative selection: nature gives successive variations; man adds them up in certain directions useful to him.
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This certainly had not a profitable appearance, and I shook my head as if I would imply that it would be difficult to lay by much accumulative capital from such a source of income.
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He had lapsed into the condition in which he found himself, as many a man lapses into many a condition, without perceiving the accumulative power of its separate circumstances.
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