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# accumulate

«accumulate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To collect or gather more and more of something over time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (accumulate, accumulates, accumulated, accumulating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To collect or gather more and more of something over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#m1)

2) To grow larger by building up slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, savings accumulate when money is added each week; points accumulate in a game. In science, dust, snow or rubbish accumulates; in geography, sediment accumulates to form rock. Phrases: accumulate points, accumulate wealth, dust accumulates.

### examples

- Snow accumulated on the roof overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x1)
- She accumulated 500 points in the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x2)
- Dust accumulates under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x3)
- If you save £2 a week, you accumulate £20 in ten weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x4)
- Rubbish accumulated in the corner of the yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x5)
- He accumulated a huge collection of stamps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x6)

### note

Noun accumulation; adjective accumulative or cumulative. Spelling: double c, single m. In maths, accumulate means keep adding, so the total grows.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «accumulate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.