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accumulations

accumulations is the plural of accumulation.

Meaning of accumulation

Noun

accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)

  1. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
  2. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
    • an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
  3. 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
  4. The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
  5. The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
  6. The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

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Questions about accumulations

What is accumulations the plural of?
Accumulations is the plural of accumulation.

Words near accumulations in the dictionary

  1. accumulatio
  2. accumulation
  3. accumulation point
  4. accumulation points
  5. accumulational
  6. accumulations
  7. accumulatios
  8. accumulative
  9. accumulatively
  10. accumulativeness
  11. accumulativity

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