accumulate

== English == === Etymology === First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/ Hyphenation: ac‧cu‧mu‧late === Verb === accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated) (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent. Synonyms: amass, heap, hoard, store; see also Thesaurus:pile up (intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number. Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather; see also Thesaurus:accumulate (education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === accumulate (not comparable) (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated. === Related terms === accumulation accumulator cumulus === References === === Further reading === “accumulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “accumulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== accumulate inflection of accumulare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== accumulate f pl feminine plural of accumulato == Latin == === Etymology === From accumulō (“amass, pile up”). === Adverb === accumulātē (comparative accumulātius, superlative accumulātissimē) abundantly, copiously ==== Synonyms ==== abundanter ==== Related terms ==== accumulator accumulō === References === “accumulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “accumulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “accumulate”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. accumulate in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)