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- pronunciation:
kyu
my
leIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
accumulates, accumulating, accumulated |
| definition: |
to amass; collect.
Now a millionaire, the tycoon 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, 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.Snow quickly accumulated on the roof.Evidence of the harmful effects of the pesticide accumulated to the point where its use was banned by the government.
- synonyms:
- accrue, collect
- antonyms:
- decrease, diminish, dissipate
- similar words:
- agglomerate, augment, deposit, enlarge, expand, gather, grow, heap up, increase, multiply, stock up, stockpile, swell, wax
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| related words: |
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adverb + (v.)accumulate
eventually, faster, gradually, rapidly, slowly, steadily
(v.)accumulate
+ noun
amount,
asset,
atmosphere,
bottom,
capital,
cash,
chain,
concentration,
credit,
data,
debt,
decade,
dollar,
dose,
earnings,
fortune,
furniture,
hour,
insight,
layer,
lifetime,
mass,
mile,
mileage,
mutation,
nest,
organ,
parking,
pile,
quantity,
reserve,
retirement,
riches,
saving,
share,
sleep,
soil,
stack,
statistics,
sum,
surplus,
tissue,
total,
treasure,
vacation,
wealth,
worth,
year
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| derivation: |
accumulable (adj.) |
The word accumulate
contains the following parts:
ac-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ac-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before Latin roots beginning with hard or soft "c" or "q." See ad-.
Example words:
accede, accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, acceptation, access, accessible, accession, accident, accidental, acclaim, acclamation, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accredit, accrual, accumulate, accuracy, accurate, accuse, accustom, acquaint, acquire, acquit
cumul
Latin
root
that means heap
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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