accumulate

ac·cu·mu·late

A0046300 (ə-kyo͞om′yə-lāt′)v. ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing, ac·cu·mu·lates v.tr.1. To gather or cause to increase; amass: We accumulated enough wood for a fire. Nearly all bank accounts accumulate interest.2. To be the site for (a gradually increasing mass), especially as a result of disuse or neglect: Those old books are accumulating dust.v.intr. To mount or pile up; increase: Snow is accumulating on the roads. See Synonyms at gather.

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[Latin accumulāre, accumulāt- : ad-, ad- + cumulāre, to pile up (from cumulus, heap; see keuə- in Indo-European roots).]

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ac·cu′mu·la·ble (-lə-bəl) adj.

accumulate

(əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt) vbto gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect[C16: from Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre to heap up, from cumulus a heap] acˈcumulable adj acˈcumulative adj acˈcumulatively adv acˈcumulativeness n

ac•cu•mu•late

(əˈkyu myəˌleɪt)

v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.t. 1. to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up; amass: to accumulate wealth. v.i. 2. to gather into a heap or mass. [1520–30; < Latin accumulātus, past participle of accumulāre=ac- ac- + cumulāre to heap, pile] ac•cu′mu•la•ble, adj. ac•cu′mu•la`tive, adj. ac•cu′mu•la`tive•ly, adv.

accumulate

- One of its Latin elements is cumulus, "a heap."See also related terms for heap.

accumulate

Past participle: accumulated
Gerund: accumulating

Imperative
accumulate
accumulate

Present
I accumulate
you accumulate
he/she/it accumulates
we accumulate
you accumulate
they accumulate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	accumulate - 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"collect, compile, hoard, amass, 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"
	2.	accumulate - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up, 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"

accumulate

verb build up, increase, grow, be stored, collect, gather, pile up, amass, stockpile, hoard, accrue, cumulate Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
distribute, scatter, disperse, diffuse, dissipate, propagate, disseminate

accumulate

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

Translations

堆积积累

accumulate

(əˈkjuːmjuleit) verb (usually of things) to gather or be gathered together in a large quantity. Rubbish accumulates very quickly in our house. 累積 积累，堆积 acˈcumulation noun 累積 积累acˈcumulator noun a type of electric battery. 蓄電池 蓄电池