 accumulate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] collect or gather | |
| Synonyms: | pile_up gather amass conglomerate cumulate | |
| Examples: | "Journals are accumulating in my office" "The work keeps piling up" |
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| Related terms: | increase backlog accrete drift pile gather accumulation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] get or gather together | |
| Synonyms: | collect compile hoard amass roll_up pile_up | |
| Examples: | "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife" "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis" "She rolled up a small fortune" |
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| Related terms: | store run_up lump scrape fund corral bale catch fund accumulation collection compilation | |
| 3. | [ verb ] get or bring together | |
| Synonyms: | collect pull_in | |
| Examples: | "accumulate evidence" |
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| Related terms: | collect beat_up lump scrape bale archive collection | |
| Similar spelling: |
accumulated accumulative accumulator accumulation |
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