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ac·cu·mu·late
 accumulate
- pronunciation:
kyu
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
accumulated, accumulates, accumulating |
| definition: |
to amass; collect.
Now a millionaire, he began to accumulate many priceless paintings from Europe.- synonyms:
- amass, collect, cumulate, garner, gather, pile up
- antonyms:
- disperse, disseminate, dissipate
- similar words:
- acquire, agglomerate, aggregate, bank, compile, hoard, reserve, save, stockpile, store up
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| related words: |
backlog, cache, gather, glean, hoard, keep, lump, make, pile, score, scrape, stock, treasure |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become greater; increase.
Dust accumulated under all the furniture.Water accumulated in the leaky basement.
- synonyms:
- accrue, collect, grow
- antonyms:
- decrease, diminish, dissipate
- similar words:
- agglomerate, augment, deposit, enlarge, expand, gather, heap up, increase, multiply, pile, stock up, stockpile, swell, wax
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| related words: |
cluster, pile |
| derivation: |
accumulable (adj.) |
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