accretionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/əˈkriː.ʃən/us/əˈkriː.ʃən/formala gradual increase or growth by the addition of new layers or parts:
The fund was increased by the accretion of new shareholders.
The room hadn't been cleaned for years and showed several accretions of dirt and dust.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- a snowball effect idiom
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fire idiom
- ascending
- balloon
- bump
- dial
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- pile
- rack
- speed-up
- spurt
- step
- step sth up
- supersize
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