accumulate
pronunciation
How to pronounce accumulate in British English:
UK [əˈkjuːmjəleɪt]
How to pronounce accumulate in American English:
US [əˈkjuːmjəleɪt]
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- Verb:
- get or gather together
- collect or gather
Word Origin
- accumulate
- accumulate: [16] Accumulate was borrowed from Latin accumulāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad-, here meaning ‘in addition’, and cumulāre ‘heap up’ (the source of English cumulative). Cumulāre itself derived from cumulus ‘heap’; English adopted this with its original Latin meaning in the 17th century, but it was not until the early 19th century that it was applied (by the meteorologist Luke Howard) to mountainous billowing cloud formations.=> cumulative, cumulus
- accumulate (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare "to heap up" (see accumulation). Related: Accumulated; accumulating.
Example
- 1. As data accumulate , the true picture will emerge .
- 2. Why does his example continue to accumulate moral power ?
- 3. Most humans and other animals gain weight because they accumulate fat .
- 4. If there is too much , ldl can accumulate and cause arterial disease .
- 5. Companies often accumulate the profit in the vie because there is considerable tax cost to getting it out .