accumulate

(ə-kyūm'yə-lāt')

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.
To gather or pile up; amass. See synonyms at gather.

v.intr.
To mount up; increase.

[Latin accumulāre, accumulāt- : ad-, ad- + cumulāre, to pile up (from cumulus, heap).]

accumulable ac·cu'mu·la·ble (-lə-bəl) adj.

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verb

To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up. See collect/distribute.

v

Definition: gather or amass something
Antonyms: disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste

IN BRIEF: To collect or gather over time.

Bobby started to accumulate baseball cards when he was six years old.

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as in: gather together, build up, or amass
sign description: Both U-handshapes, one landing on top of the other repeatedly as the stationary hand moves upward.

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See words rhyming with "accumulate."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Accumulate.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - samle sammen, indsamle, ophobe, spare op
v. intr. - samle sig, tårne sig op

Nederlands (Dutch)
accumuleren, zich opstapelen, toenemen

Français (French)
v. tr. - accumuler
v. intr. - s'accumuler, (Fin, Écon) courir (des intérêts)

Deutsch (German)
v. - anhäufen, ansammeln, sich anhäufen, akkumulieren, sich ansammeln, sich summieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συσσωρεύω, μαζεύω, συναθροίζω, επισωρεύω

Italiano (Italian)
accumulare, ammucchiare, accatastare, ammassarsi, accumularsi, ammucchiarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acumular(-se), reunir, multiplicar(-se)

Русский (Russian)
накапливать, накопить, нарастать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - acumular, amontonar
v. intr. - acumularse, amontonarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - samla, spara ihop

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
积聚, 累积, 积攒, 积成堆, 聚积

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 積聚, 累積, 積攢
v. intr. - 積成堆, 累積, 聚積

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 모으다
v. intr. - 모이다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ためる, 蓄積する, つのらせる, たまる, 累積する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكدس, , يراكم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צבר‬
v. intr. - ‮הצטבר‬

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