amass

a·mass

A0239700 (ə-măs′)v. a·massed, a·mass·ing, a·mass·es v.tr.1. To gather together or accumulate a large quantity of (something): amass evidence; amass a fortune.2. To be the site of (an increasing mass), especially as a result of neglect: How long has the desk been amassing bills?v.intr. To come together; collect: troops amassing on the border. See Synonyms at gather.

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[Middle English, to accumulate, from Old French amasser, to assemble : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + masser, to gather together (from Latin massa, lump, mass; see mass).]

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a·mass′a·ble adj.a·mass′er n.a·mass′ment n.

amass

(əˈmæs) vb1. (tr) to accumulate or collect (esp riches, etc)2. to gather in a heap; bring together[C15: from Old French amasser, from masse mass] aˈmasser n

a•mass

(əˈmæs)

v.t. 1. to gather for oneself: to amass a fortune. 2. to collect into a mass or pile; gather. v.i. 3. to come together; assemble: A large crowd amassed for the parade. [1475–85; < French amasser=a- a-⁵ + masser, derivative of masse mass¹] a•mass′a•ble, adj. a•mass′er, n. a•mass′ment, n.

amass

Past participle: amassed
Gerund: amassing

Imperative
amass
amass

Present
I amass
you amass
he/she/it amasses
we amass
you amass
they amass

Preterite
I amassed
you amassed
he/she/it amassed
we amassed
you amassed
they amassed

Present Continuous
I am amassing
you are amassing
he/she/it is amassing
we are amassing
you are amassing
they are amassing

Present Perfect
I have amassed
you have amassed
he/she/it has amassed
we have amassed
you have amassed
they have amassed

Past Continuous
I was amassing
you were amassing
he/she/it was amassing
we were amassing
you were amassing
they were amassing

Past Perfect
I had amassed
you had amassed
he/she/it had amassed
we had amassed
you had amassed
they had amassed

Future
I will amass
you will amass
he/she/it will amass
we will amass
you will amass
they will amass

Future Perfect
I will have amassed
you will have amassed
he/she/it will have amassed
we will have amassed
you will have amassed
they will have amassed

Future Continuous
I will be amassing
you will be amassing
he/she/it will be amassing
we will be amassing
you will be amassing
they will be amassing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been amassing
you have been amassing
he/she/it has been amassing
we have been amassing
you have been amassing
they have been amassing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been amassing
you will have been amassing
he/she/it will have been amassing
we will have been amassing
you will have been amassing
they will have been amassing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been amassing
you had been amassing
he/she/it had been amassing
we had been amassing
you had been amassing
they had been amassing

Conditional
I would amass
you would amass
he/she/it would amass
we would amass
you would amass
they would amass

Past Conditional
I would have amassed
you would have amassed
he/she/it would have amassed
we would have amassed
you would have amassed
they would have amassed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	amass - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"conglomerate, cumulate, pile up, accumulate, gatherincrease - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"backlog - accumulate and create a backlogaccrete - grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion"drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
	2.	amass - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"accumulate, collect, compile, hoard, roll up, pile uprun up - pile up (debts or scores)corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"chunk, lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants"bale - make into a bale; "bale hay"catch - take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulationsalt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"

amass

verb collect, gather, assemble, compile, accumulate, aggregate, pile up, garner, hoard, scrape together, rake up, heap up We didn't enquire as to how he had amassed his fortune.

amass

verbTo bring together so as to increase in mass or number:accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, collect, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up, roll up.

Translations

收集积累

amass

(əˈmӕs) verb to gather or collect in a large quantity. He amassed an enormous quantity of information. 收集，累積 收集，积累