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noun
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A mass of something piled up or collected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: accounting, business, finance
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noun
The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
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noun
The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical, uncountable
Topics: education
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noun
the act of accumulating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: accrual, accruement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: increase, step-up
Narrower terms: buildup
noun
several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: collection, aggregation, assemblage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: group, grouping
Narrower terms: procession, pharmacopoeia, string, wardrobe, population, universe, armamentarium, art collection, backlog, battery, block, book, rule book, bottle collection, bunch, lot, caboodle, coin collection, collage, content, ensemble, tout ensemble, corpus, crop, tenantry, findings, flagging, flinders, pack, hand, deal, long suit, herbarium, stamp collection, statuary, sum, summation, sum total, agglomeration, gimmickry, nuclear club, pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, mass, combination, congregation, hit parade, Judaica, kludge, library, program library, subroutine library, mythology, biota, biology, fauna, zoology, petting zoo, set, Victoriana, class, category, family, job lot, package, bundle, packet, parcel, defense, defence, defense team, defense lawyers, prosecution, planting, signage, generally accepted accounting principles, GAAP, pantheon, Free World, Third World, Europe, Asia, North America, Central America, South America, Oort cloud, galaxy, extragalactic nebula, fleet, repertoire, repertory, assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley, batch, clutch, rogue's gallery, exhibition, exposition, expo, convoy, traffic, aviation, air power, vegetation, flora, botany, law, jurisprudence, menagerie, data, information, ana, mail, post, treasure, treasure trove, trinketry, troponymy, troponomy, smithereens, Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library, Wise Men, Magi
noun
(finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
Narrower terms: store, stock, fund, reserve, backlog, stockpile
noun
an increase by natural growth or addition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: accretion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: increase, increment, growth
Narrower terms: backup, buildup, deposition, deposit
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh1mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accumulātiōder. Middle French accumulationbor. ▲ Latin accumulātiōbor. Middle English acumulacyon English accumulation From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + -ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio.
Across languages
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
