accumulative

[ uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]

/ əˈkyu myəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv /

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adjective

tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.

tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.

Origin of accumulative

First recorded in 1645–55; accumulate + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM accumulative

ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverbac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, nounnon·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjectivenon·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverb

non·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, nounun·ac·cu·mu·la·tive, adjectiveun·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ly, adverbun·ac·cu·mu·la·tive·ness, noun

Words nearby accumulative

accum., accumbent, accumulate, accumulation, accumulation point, accumulative, accumulator, Accupril, accuracy, accurate, accurize

Example sentences from the Web for accumulative

The result is a sort of accumulative lie, made by successive individual contributions of little dashes of exaggeration.
The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms|John A. Cone
How well this practical horticulturist appreciates and illustrates the gradual and accumulative force of selection!
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)|Charles Darwin
It combines a system of 'privileged purveyors' with an accumulative savings fund.
France and the Republic|William Henry Hurlbert
Next: ‘Aia’ is generally an accumulative yet depreciative termination.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe

Some of the more thrifty and accumulative residents cultivated the plateaus on which they had fixed their habitations.
A Prince of Anahuac|James A. Porter