accumulate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
2. (intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
3. (dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

Adj

Collected; accumulated.

Synonyms

collect

amass

gather

pile up

hoard

heap

save up

heap up

store up

pile

stack

store

accrue

assemble

cumulate

compile

conglomerate

stockpile

piled up

lay up

crowd

accumulation

increase

gather together

save

put together

build up

roll up

congregate

acquire

congest

accumulative

put by

heap together

stock

stack up

aggregate

run up

gain

agglomerate

pick up

raise

husband

🤵

join

be piled up

convene

aggregative

grow

glean

concentrate

Translations

accumuler

acumular

acumular

accumulare

anhäufen

ansammeln

aufhäufen

akkumulieren

ophopen

opeenhopen

entasser

immagazzinare

accumuleren

ammassare

opstapelen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: accumylaten

In summary

First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.