accumulate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *accumulate*:
VERB	possession	accumulate, roll up, collect, pile up, amass, compile, hoard	get or gather together
VERB	change	accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass	collect or gather

accumulate > pronunciation
Sounds	ahkyuw'myahley.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *accumulate*: 2 senses > verb 1, possession
Meaning	Get or gather together.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They accumulate the money in the closet
Synonyms	roll up, collect, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
Narrower	bale	make into a bale
	catch	take in and retain
	collect, pull in	Get or bring together
	corral	Collect or gather
	fund	place or store up in a fund for accumulation
	fund	accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
	lump, chunk	Put together indiscriminately
	run up	pile up (debts or scores)
	scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up	Gather (money or other resources) together over time
Broader	store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away	Keep or lay aside for future use
Spanish	acumular, amasar, amontonar, apilar, coleccionar, compilar, juntar, recoger, recopilar, reunir
Catalan	acumular, ajuntar, amuntegar, apilar, aplegar, arreplegar, col·leccionar, compilar, recollir, recopilar, reunir
Adjectives	accumulative	marked by acquiring or amassing
Adjectives	accumulative	increasing by successive addition
Nouns	accumulation	the act of accumulating
Nouns	accumulation	several things grouped together or considered as a whole

English > *accumulate*: 2 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	Collect or gather.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Model	The crowds accumulate in the streets
Synonyms	cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
Narrower	accrete	Grow or become attached by accretion
	backlog	accumulate and create a backlog
	drift	Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
Broader	increase	Become bigger or greater in amount
Spanish	acumularse, acumular, amontonarse, amontonar, conglomerar, congregar
Catalan	acumular-se, acumular, ajuntar, amuntegar-se, congregar, juntar-se, recol·lectar, reunir-se
Adjectives	accumulative	marked by acquiring or amassing
Adjectives	accumulative	increasing by successive addition
Nouns	accumulation	the act of accumulating

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