cumulative
/ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
/adjective
Increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions: the cumulative effect of two years of drought...
- Quarter point increases sound harmless, but it is their cumulative effect that causes the pain.
- Worst of all may be the cumulative or snowball effects on future generations.
- The effects are cumulative so the more often you fight the more chance you have of being injured.
Synonyms
increasing, accumulative, accumulating, growing, progressive, accruing, snowballing, mounting;
collective, aggregate, amassed;
British knock-on
Derivatives
cumulativeness
- Findings about an important society may be compared to findings from research in other world areas, thereby contributing to the quest for theoretical cumulativeness.
- The distinctness and cumulativeness of the knowledge construct are not due to chance.
- The matrix shows that the cumulativeness of the scale is not perfect, however.