accumulation
Syllables: ac·cu·mu·la·tion/əˌkjuːm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
accumulation noun: the act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
Noun
accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)
- The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
- At the lowest point, a short length of tunnel was driven alongside the up line, with a cross passage, to serve as a sump and pump house for dealing with any accumulation of water.1958 August, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 520
- A mass of something piled up or collected.
- After such an accumulation of mistakes in the treatment of lexical items, it comes as no surprise that the section on word formation on p. 133 is equally poor.1989 January, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 129
- The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
- The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
- The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
accumulation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
accumulation in Hindi
- act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated
- भंडारण bhaṇḍāraṇ, संचयन sañcyan
accumulation in Tamil
- சேர்மானம், சேர்ப்பு, திரட்டு, திரட்டுதல், திரட்சி, திரள்
accumulation in Marathi
- accumulation, agglomeration
- संचय sañcay
accumulation in Urdu
- ڈھیر
More languagesFewer languages
- accumulation in Bengali
- আহরণ, সংগ্রহ, সঞ্চয়, পুঁজ
- accumulation in Telugu
- ఆధిక్యము ādhikyamu
- accumulation in Malayalam
- സാന്ദ്രീകരണം sāndrīkaraṇaṁ
- accumulation in Kannada
- ಕೂಡಿಗೆ, ಕೂಡಿಕೆ, ಒಟ್ಟಿಯಿಕೆ, ಸೇರಿಕೆ
- accumulation in Sanskrit
- आकर ākará
Examples of accumulation in a sentence
- Many brunisols have brownish B horizons without much evidence of clay accumulation, as in luvisols, or amorphous materials, as in podzols.
- Wang et al. suggest that ageing is the result of the accumulation of “misrepair.”
- DCPTA induces carotenoid accumulation and both cis-polyisoprene in guayule and transpolyisoprene in Eucommia ulmoides, Oliv.
Synonyms of accumulation
Antonyms
Forms of accumulation
| plural | accumulations |
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Origin of accumulation
From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + -ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio.
Words formed from accumulation
- accumulational
- accumulation point
- antiaccumulation
- bioaccumulation
- coaccumulation
- deaccumulation
- geoaccumulation
- hydroaccumulation
- hyperaccumulation
- lymphoaccumulation
- misaccumulation
- myeloaccumulation
- nonaccumulation
- overaccumulation
- photoaccumulation
- phytoaccumulation
- preaccumulation
- primitive accumulation
- reaccumulation
Phrases with accumulation
Words that rhyme with accumulation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
- attenuation
Questions about accumulation
- What does accumulation mean?
- Accumulation means the act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- What is accumulation in Hindi?
- Accumulation in Hindi is भंडारण (bhaṇḍāraṇ), संचयन (sañcyan). See Accumulation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is accumulation?
- Accumulation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce accumulation?
- Accumulation is pronounced /əˌkjuːm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of accumulation?
- The plural of accumulation is accumulations.
Words near accumulation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: accumulation (page history and authors); accumulation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); संचय (Marathi) (page history and authors); accumulation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accumulation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఆధిక్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); സാന്ദ്രീകരണം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); accumulation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आकर (Sanskrit) (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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