Accumulate

  • 11accumulate — verb ADVERB ▪ gradually, slowly ▪ steadily ▪ quickly, rapidly VERB + ACCUMULATE ▪ begin to …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 12accumulate — broker/ analyst recommendation that could mean slightly different things depending on the broker/analyst. In general, it means to increase the number of shares of a particular security over the near term, but not to liquidate other parts of the… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 13accumulate — [[t]əkju͟ːmjʊleɪt[/t]] accumulates, accumulating, accumulated V ERG When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time. [V n] It suggests that households accumulate wealth across a broad… …

    English dictionary

  • 14accumulate — ac|cu|mu|late [əˈkju:mjuleıt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of accumulare, from ad to + cumulare to pile up ] 1.) [T] to gradually get more and more money, possessions, knowledge etc over a period of time ▪ It is unjust… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15accumulate */ — UK [əˈkjuːmjʊleɪt] / US [əˈkjumjəˌleɪt] verb Word forms accumulate : present tense I/you/we/they accumulate he/she/it accumulates present participle accumulating past tense accumulated past participle accumulated a) [transitive] to get more and… …

    English dictionary

  • 16accumulate — [c]/əˈkjumjəleɪt / (say uh kyoohmyuhlayt) verb (accumulated, accumulating) –verb (t) 1. to heap up; gather as into a mass; collect: *It rejoiced Mr Roxburgh to accumulate technical terms he would never be required to use in his own sphere of life …

  • 17accumulate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare, from ad + cumulare to heap up more at cumulate Date: 15th century transitive verb to gather or pile up especially little by little ; amass …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18accumulate — accumulable, adj. /euh kyooh myeuh layt /, v., accumulated, accumulating. v.t. 1. to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth. v.i. 2. to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity …

    Universalium

  • 19accumulate — 1. verb /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/ a) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass. He wishes to accumulate a sum of money …

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  • 20accumulate — [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… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins