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# accumulated

«accumulated» in Mova's school dictionary: **gathered or collected bit by bit over time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (past of «accumulate»: accumulate, accumulates, accumulated, accumulating); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Accumulated means gathered or collected bit by bit over time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#m1)

2) Accumulated (adjective) describes the total amount that has built up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems it means a running total: «she accumulated 120 points over the week» means all her points added together. In science and geography: snow, dust or rubbish accumulates. In money lessons: savings and interest accumulate. Formal; everyday words are «built up», «piled up», «collected».

### examples

- Snow accumulated on the roof overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x1)
- He accumulated 250 points in the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x2)
- Dust had accumulated under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x3)
- Her accumulated savings came to 80 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x4)
- Leaves accumulated in the gutter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x5)
- Over the term, the class accumulated 40 stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x6)
- Rubbish accumulated on the beach after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x7)
- The Fox accumulated all that they had killed into one large heap and left to himself the smallest possible morsel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x8)

### note

Spelling: double «c», one «m»: accumulate. Noun: accumulation. In maths: an accumulated total = sum of all the parts added over time.

### Trees and pragmatics

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