Accumulate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /əˈkjuːmjÊŠËŒleɪt/
• US IPA: /É™.ˈkjum.jÉ™.ËŒleɪt/

Origin

• First attested in the 1520's.
• From Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō ("amass, pile up"), formed from ad ("to, towards, at") + cumulō ("heap"), from cumulus ("a heap").

Full definition of accumulate

Verb

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. - Oliver Goldsmith

Synonyms

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

Adjective

1. (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.

Related terms

• accumulation
• accumulator
• cumulus