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amass

(əmæs)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense amasses, present participle amassing, past tense, past participle amassed
verb
If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
How had he amassed his fortune? [VERB noun]
Synonyms: collect, gather, assemble, compile More Synonyms of amass

amass in British English

(əˈmæs)
verb
1. (transitive)
to accumulate or collect (esp riches, etc)
2. 
to gather in a heap; bring together
Derived forms
amasser (aˈmasser)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French amasser, from masse mass

amass in American English

(əˈmæs)
verb transitive
1. 
to pile up; collect together
2. 
to accumulate (esp. wealth)
Derived forms
amasser (aˈmasser)
noun
amassment (aˈmassment)
noun
Word origin
Fr amasser < ML amassare < a-, to + VL massare, to form a lump < L massa, a lump, mass

Examples of 'amass' in a sentence
amass

The couple were looking for a space that would be in keeping with the furniture collection they have amassed over the years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All you have to do to win is amass the most points in a given weekend's matches to become the Weekender winner.
The Sun (2016)
What's the point of amassing an entire career of distinguished international service if you can't use it to the advantage of your team?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Households are again being encouraged to amass more debt as they chase property values higher.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has already amassed debt holdings that put its counterparts in the shade.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He has amassed his fortunes from currency trading.
The Sun (2013)
Personal debts amassed while trying to keep his enterprise breathing wiped out a larger portion of his take.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
He has already amassed a notional 15 million.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Other collections have been amassed, too.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But Germany is now having to pay because others have recklessly amassed gigantic debts.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You always did wonder, how did they amass these fortunes?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He also amassed a fine collection of modern American art.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Having amassed a small fortune, he is now considering philanthropy as his next new thing.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Wear out his team by February and hope they have already amassed enough points to stave off relegation?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I am often struck that so few rich people really enjoy the fortune they have amassed.
Christianity Today (2000)
Young people are increasingly reluctant to amass debt during three-year degrees that will not guarantee them jobs at the end.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It would deter bidders, who could have used cashflow from the publishing arm to repay debts amassed in a takeover.
The Sun (2007)
Page had amassed debts of 500,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I've amassed quite a collection of spectacles since then but these are my favourites.
The Sun (2012)
But in the more important one, that of amassing points, they remain outsiders.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But this was in wartime, when Britain amassed huge debts to pay for defence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He's amassed more points in the time he's been in the job than most managers before him.
The Sun (2016)
A bank has amassed a large collection of paintings on the advice of Fry's professor of art.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Over the years he has amassed a collection of hundreds of handwritten volumes, mostly in diary form, which are crammed into his tiny office.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
amass

British English: amass VERB
If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
How had he amassed his fortune?
  • American English: amass
  • Brazilian Portuguese: acumular
  • Chinese: 聚集
  • European Spanish: acumular
  • French: amasser
  • German: anhäufen
  • Italian: accumulare
  • Japanese: 蓄積する
  • Korean: 축적하다
  • European Portuguese: acumular
  • Latin American Spanish: acumular

Chinese translation of 'amass'

amass

(əˈmæs)

vt

  1. [fortune, information] 积(積)累 (jīlěi)
(verb) 
Definition
to accumulate or collect
We didn't enquire as to how she had amassed her fortune.
Synonyms
collect
Two young girls were collecting firewood.
gather
She started gathering up her things.
assemble
The assembled multitude cheered as the leaders arrived.
compile
The anthology took ten years to compile.
accumulate
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
aggregate
We should never aggregate votes to predict results under another system.
pile up
Her mail had piled up inside the front door.
garner
His priceless collection of Chinese art was garnered over three decades.
hoard
They've begun to hoard food and gasoline.
scrape together
rake up
heap up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of accumulate
Definition
to gather together in an increasing quantity
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
Synonyms
build up,
increase,
grow,
be stored,
collect,
gather,
pile up,
amass,
stockpile,
hoard,
accrue,
cumulate
in the sense of aggregate
Definition
to combine or be combined into a whole
We should never aggregate votes to predict results under another system.
Synonyms
combine,
mix,
collect,
assemble,
heap,
accumulate,
pile,
amass
in the sense of assemble
Definition
to collect or gather together
The assembled multitude cheered as the leaders arrived.
Synonyms
bring together,
collect,
gather,
rally,
summon,
accumulate,
round up,
marshal,
come together,
muster,
convene,
amass,
congregate,
call together,
foregather,
convoke (formal)

Synonyms of 'amass'

amass

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