accumulate
Syllables: ac·cu·mu·lateUK/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt//əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/
accumulate verb: to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
Verb
accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)
- To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
- In these stellar pairings, if the two stars are close together, the white dwarf will siphon mass away from its companion and have an outburst called a nova. And when the white dwarf accumulates too much mass, it will collapse and explode in a supernova.2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024
- To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
- With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.
- Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, lines 17–18
- To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.
Adjective
accumulate (not comparable)
- Collected; accumulated.
accumulate meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
accumulate in Tamil
- குவி, சிறுகச் சிறுகச் சேர், தொகையை அல்லது எண்ணிக்கையைப் பெருக்கு, திரண்ட, குவிக்கப்பட்ட, திரள்
accumulate in Marathi
- to accumulate
- तुंबणे tumbṇe, साचणे sāċṇe, साठणे sāṭhṇe, साठवणे sāṭhavṇe, जमणे jamṇe, गोळा होणे goḷā hoṇe
accumulate in Urdu
- ڈھیر لگانا, جمع کرنا, سمیٹنا
accumulate in Bengali
- জমা হওয়া
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- accumulate in Telugu
- కూర్చు kūrcu
- accumulate in Malayalam
- അടിഞ്ഞുകൂടുക aṭiññukūṭuka
- accumulate in Kannada
- ಒಟ್ಟುಗೂಡಿಸು, ಕೂಡಿಹಾಕು, ಕೂಡಲಿಕ್ಕು, ಕೂಡಿಡು
- accumulate in Gujarati
- સાંચવું sā̃cvũ
- accumulate in Odia
- ଗଛାଇବା gachāibā
- accumulate in Sanskrit
- म्रक्ष् mrakṣ, अक्षति akṣati
- accumulate in Assamese
- তোলা tüla, সাঁচ xãs, সঁচা xõsa
- accumulate in Nepali
- जम्नु jamnu
- accumulate in Indonesian
- akumulasi
- accumulate in Persian
- اندوختن anduxtan, انباردن anbārdan
- accumulate in Thai
- เก็บ gèp
Examples of accumulate in a sentence
- His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans.
- Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accumulated.
Synonyms of accumulate
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Antonyms
Forms of accumulate
| third-person singular present | accumulates |
|---|---|
| present participle | accumulating |
| past participle | accumulated |
| past | accumulated |
Origin of accumulate
First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.
Words formed from accumulate
Questions about accumulate
- What does accumulate mean?
- Accumulate means to heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
- What is accumulate in Tamil?
- Accumulate in Tamil is குவி, சிறுகச் சிறுகச் சேர், தொகையை அல்லது எண்ணிக்கையைப் பெருக்கு. See Accumulate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is accumulate?
- Accumulate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce accumulate?
- Accumulate is pronounced /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of accumulate?
- The past tense of accumulate is accumulated.
Words near accumulate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accumulate (page history and authors); accumulate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गोळा होणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); accumulate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accumulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కూర్చు (Telugu) (page history and authors); അടിഞ്ഞുകൂടുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); accumulate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સાંચવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଗଛାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors); अक्षति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); তোলা (Assamese) (page history and authors); जम्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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