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accumulate /ə-kūˈmū-lāt or -myə-/ transitive verb- To heap or pile up
- To amass
intransitive verb- To increase greatly
- To go on increasing
- To take university, etc degrees by accumulation, ie to take a higher degree at the same time as a lower, or at a shorter interval than usual (also transitive verb)
adjective- Heaped up
- Amassed
ORIGIN: L ad to, and cumulus a heap accūmūlāˈtion noun - Heaping up
- A heap or mass
accūmˈūlative adjective - Heaping up or growing by progressive addition
- Cumulative
- Tending to accumulate, acquisitive
accumˈulatively adverb accumˈulativeness noun accūmˈūlātor noun - A thing or person that accumulates
- A means of storing energy, esp an electric battery that can be recharged by sending a reverse current through it
- In a computer, etc, a device that performs arithmetical operations and stores the results
- (also accumulator bet) a bet on at least two, and usu four or more, races with the original stake and winnings from each race being, by previous arrangement, laid on the next race, so that the gambler either wins a large amount or loses all
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