accumulate

IPA: ʌkjˈumjʌɫeɪt

verb

  • (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)
  • (intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
  • (education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

adjective

  • (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
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Examples of "accumulate" in Sentences

  • These accumulate at the edge of the press.
  • The debris accumulated into the Earth and the Moon.
  • Accumulated sediment settles to the bottom of the device.
  • A tonsillolith is material that accumulates on the tonsil.
  • The tendency of Capital to accumulate is a big threat to the free market.
  • The main thing I have realized, as the names accumulate, is the shockingly young age of some writers.
  • Investors long the calls accumulate profits if shares of CTXS rise 5% to surpass the breakeven point at $40.69 by expiration.
  • We can accumulate from a thoughts of others a small pleasing thoughts; nonetheless a suggestion stays bankrupt as good as empty.
  • In other words, gains from the rising value of the call options, given share price appreciation, will eclipse losses that accumulate from the short stance in TWX shares.
  • Whilst jogging along, three or four miles from camp, and calculating the probable sum total of dollars he should accumulate from the sales of furs he purposed taking from his traps that morning, his dog suddenly commenced barking at some invisible object which he supposed to be a squirrel, badger, or some other small animal, that had taken refuge in its burrow.

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