accumulation
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3.4
- noun
- /əˌkjuːmjʊˈleɪʃən/
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acumulación
- It's an accumulation of little things, one on top of the other.
- accumulation of knowledge
- snow accumulation
- accumulation of damage
They are not digests, that is accumulations of observations.
- They are not digests, that is accumulations of observations.
- It's actually often something small relative to the accumulation of harm in the relationship.
- So there's wealth preservation, there's wealth accumulation, right?
- People were terrified of his accumulation of knowledge.
- This is a, a slide, you know, now that might have been an accumulation of factors.
- The crisis we got into was the accumulation of a lot of little in in events.
- It's the slow accumulation of a lot of small behaviors over many days.
- Please start to reverse all of these inappropriate fatty accumulations today before they cause a disaster in your health.
Examples
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It's the slow accumulation of a lot of small behaviors over many days.
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The accumulation of dust on the shelves made the room look neglected.
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Maybe it's an accumulation of numerous different things.
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So again, this could be accumulation of damage over time.
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This is just the accumulation of decades of bad policy, just bad policy.
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It's actually often something small relative to the accumulation of harm in the relationship.
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Astounding accumulation of public and private debt.
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But I'd say, our lives are just a reflection of an accumulation of the choices we make.
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Environmentalists are worried about the accumulation of waste and the use of chemicals affecting the natural environment.
Academic text (1990) -
I have never seen such an accumulation of negatives concerning one administrator.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.4
A group of similar things gathered together, like books or stamps
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3.1
A slow increase in something over time
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6.1
A group of things joined together as one whole
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5.5
A group of things put together, like parts or materials
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7.4
Gradual growth by adding small bits or layers of matter
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7.2
A slow rise in money or benefits over time
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8.6
A group of things or people gathered together
Getting and keeping things as a hobby or for a purpose
A pile of things gathered together
A gradual increase over time, often of money or benefits
A large collection of things gathered over time
Collecting things into one place, for example crops after harvest
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A value that a function or sequence gets closer to as the input increases
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
accumulation = accumulate (transparent) = accumulate + ion
Standard nominalization from the verb 'accumulate' using the productive suffix '-ion', yielding the process or result of gathering.
Etymology
Accumulation comes from Latin parts ad- meaning 'to' and cumulare meaning 'to heap', and you can see the same root in the English word cumulative. So think of things slowly forming a pile, which is why accumulation means the process or result of collecting or gathering things over time.