Pronunciation Verb
accumulate (accumulates, present participle accumulating; past and past participle accumulated)
- (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)
- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
- Synonyms: amass, heap, hoard, store, Thesaurus:pile up
- (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
- Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather, Thesaurus:accumulate
- (education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.
- French: accumuler
- German: aufstauen
- Portuguese: acumular
- Russian: нака́пливать
- Spanish: acumular, amontonar
- French: accumuler
- German: sich vermehren
- Italian: accumularsi
- Portuguese: acumular
- Russian: нака́пливаться
- Spanish: acumularse
accumulate (not comparable)
- (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
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