definition of the word accumulate

From Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare, formed from ad- + cumulare "to heap".

• IPA: /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

to accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)

1. (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.

   He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.

2. (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
   • Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. - Goldsmith

• collect
• pile up
• store
• amass
• gather
• aggregate
• heap together
• hoard

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