An accumulationof something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
...an accumulation of experience and knowledge. [+ of]
...accumulations of dirt.
Synonyms: collection, increase, stock, store More Synonyms of accumulation
2. uncountable noun
Accumulation is the collecting together of things over a period of time.
...the accumulation of capital and the distribution of income. [+ of]
The rate of accumulation decreases with time.
Synonyms: growth, collection, gathering, build-up More Synonyms of accumulation
accumulation in British English
(əˌkjuːmjʊˈleɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or process of collecting together or becoming collected
2.
something that has been collected, gathered, heaped, etc
3. finance
a.
the continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or earnings
b.
(in computing the yield on a bond purchased at a discount) the amount that is added to each yield to bring the cost of the bond into equality with its par value over its life
Compare amortization (sense 2)
4.
the taking of a first and an advanced university degree simultaneously
accumulation in American English
(əˌkjumjuˈleɪʃən; əˌkjumjəˈleɪʃən)
noun
1.
an accumulating or being accumulated; collection
2.
accumulated or collected material; heap
3.
the addition to capital of interest or profits
Examples of 'accumulation' in a sentence
accumulation
Property has been a reliable ladder to wealth accumulation in recent decades, but a trend is only a trend until it stops.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This change in public opinion is partly due to the sheer accumulation of evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The result was the increasing accumulation of capital on a grand scale.
Sanderson, Stephen K. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (1995)
What results is an accumulation of knowledge without wisdom.
Christianity Today (2000)
Their ambitions go far beyond physical reconstruction and the accumulation of wealth.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Ownership of capital is the source of profits and hence the source of further accumulation of capital.
Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995)
Scientific advance allowed the accumulation of knowledge which could be applied to the machine process.
Henry, John F The Making of Neoclassical Economics (1990)
The motivation is not the accumulation of personal wealth.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Nor do they seek to explain race relations in terms of class inequalities or capital accumulation.
Lee Harvey Critical Social Research (1990)
The downside was his sudden accumulation of wealth as tech stocks soared and the attention it brought.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The basic propositions derived from the model concern the successive stages of output specialization that accompany capital accumulation.
Forstner, Helmut, Ballance, Robert Competing in a Global Economy (1990)
This accumulation of debt has been accompanied by a massive transfer of natural resources from the poor world to the rich world.
George Monbiot THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)
That will cover all discretionary or accumulation trust income over 1,000 a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
National debt An accumulation of annual deficits.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yet he also realized that the step from the accumulation of knowledge to its employment in social action required something other than science.
Low, Nicholas Politics, Planning and the State (1990)
In such countries, "the accumulation of capital has reached gigantic proportions.
Harrison, David The Sociology of Modernization and Development (1988)
First, the massive accumulation of public debt will need to be offset by cuts in public spending.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But during the initial period, the rich world will suffer from trade deficits and the accumulation of debt.
George Monbiot THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)
An accumulation of debt has caused investors to worry that Portugal will not be able to pay back the money.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The great appeal of Marxism to the working man was precisely that it presented capital accumulation as exploitation and as unnecessary.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
It's an accumulation of experience.
The Sun (2015)
They are forced into cooperation within the tribe by the erratic ecology of the lands they inhabit and their consequent inability to sustain the accumulation of wealth.
George Monbiot THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)
Usually a government economic policy aimed at reducing government deficits and the accumulation of debt, by reducing public spending orraising more from taxes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Cue, then, a decade of frenetic experience accumulation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
accumulation
British English: accumulation NOUN
An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
...an accumulation of experience and knowledge.
American English: accumulation
Brazilian Portuguese: acumulação
Chinese: 积累
European Spanish: acumulación
French: accumulation
German: Ansammlung
Italian: cumulo
Japanese: 蓄積
Korean: 축적물
European Portuguese: acumulação
Latin American Spanish: acumulación
Chinese translation of 'accumulation'
accumulation
(əkjuːmjuˈleɪʃən)
n(c/u)
[of debts, evidence]积(積)累 (jīlěi)
1 (noun)
Definition
something that has been collected
accumulations of dirt
Synonyms
collection
He has gathered a large collection of prints and paintings over the years.
increase
stock
a stock of food and other rations
store
I handed over my store of chocolate biscuits.
mass
On the desk is a mass of books and papers.
build-up
pile
a pile of books
stack
There were stacks of books on the bedside table and floor.
heap
a heap of bricks
rick
stockpile
stockpiles of chemical weapons
hoard
a hoard of silver and jewels
2 (noun)
Definition
the collecting together of things
The rate of accumulation decreases with time.
Synonyms
growth
collection
computer systems designed to speed up the collection of information
gathering
a mission to spearhead the gathering of information
build-up
a build-up of troops
aggregation
Society is more than just an aggregation of individuals.
conglomeration
a conglomeration of buildings, all tightly packed together
augmentation
the augmentation of the army
Additional synonyms
in the sense of aggregation
Society is more than just an aggregation of individuals.