cumulative
/ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv/
cumulative adjective: incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
Adjective
cumulative (comparative more cumulative, superlative most cumulative)
- Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
- That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
- As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original.1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...
- The argument […] is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative.1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord
- Adding one statement to another.
- cumulative conjunctions like and, both…and and as well as
- That tends to accumulate.
- Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
- (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
- The state wants to bring in ten blood-spatter experts to testify. Your Honor, that is cumulative testimony.
cumulative meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
cumulative in Tamil
- ஒட்டுமொத்த சேர்ந்தடியாக, கூட்டுப் பயனுடைய, திறள் விளைவான, வளா, அடுக்குத் திரள், குழுமிய
cumulative in Urdu
- اکٹھا شدہ, یکجا
cumulative in Bengali
- ক্রমবদ্র্ধিত, ক্রমবদ্র্ধিষ্ণু
cumulative in Malayalam
- accumulative, increasing, growing
- സഞ്ചിത, വർദ്ധമാനമായ, ഏധമാന, ഈട്ടംകൂടുന്ന, വർദ്ധിക്കുന്ന, അർദ്ധു
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- cumulative in Kannada
- ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಾ ಹೋಗುವ, ಕೂಡುವ, ಸಂಚಿತ, ಕೂಡುತ್ತಾ ಹೋಗುವ
- cumulative in Tagalog
- maragdagin
- cumulative in Indonesian
- kumulatif
- cumulative in Thai
- สะสม sà-sǒm
Examples of cumulative in a sentence
- The cumulative voting preferred stock remains voting until all cumulative dividends are paid.
- Rounding the results of intermediate calculations introduces cumulative error in the final answer.
- What few might have predicted is the cumulative effect that unleashing this scale of development might have.
Forms of cumulative
| comparative | more cumulative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cumulative |
Origin of cumulative
From cumulate + -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.
Words formed from cumulative
Phrases with cumulative
Questions about cumulative
- What does cumulative mean?
- Cumulative means incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
- What is cumulative in Tamil?
- Cumulative in Tamil is ஒட்டுமொத்த சேர்ந்தடியாக, கூட்டுப் பயனுடைய, திறள் விளைவான. See Cumulative meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cumulative?
- Cumulative is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cumulative?
- Cumulative is pronounced /ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv/.
Words near cumulative in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cumulative (page history and authors); cumulative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cumulative (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cumulative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cumulative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); cumulative (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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