to accrue
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6.6
- verb
- /əˈkruː/
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acumular
- Over the years, you can see how the interest will accrue in your savings account.
- accrued benefits
- accrued considerable savings
- advantage accrues
And nothing, and I mean nothing will help you accrue skills faster than failure.
- And nothing, and I mean nothing will help you accrue skills faster than failure.
- So over time, those benefits do accrue to labor.
- That's our starting clue, but we adapt and we refine as the evidence accrues.
- The sanctioning bodies don't want him to accrue wealth, even inaccessible wealth, while he's sanctioned.
- Now, another example of exponential growth that we're all familiar with are of course, bank accounts and accruing or paying interest.
- The idea is pretty simple that benefits and protections should accrue with the work being performed, no matter the employer.
- But I can appreciate the fact that these guys are getting paid for the fame they have accrued during their lifetime.
- And my presumption, it's a behavioral presumption fundamentally is that small accruing gains that repeat are unbelievably powerful.
- And that means that the more that you would attend to the thing that you say that you're going to do, the more the gains accrue to you.
- Savings accrue in time, space and cost.
- Now, how many kilos of liver fat can you accrue before you become metabolically I'll?
Examples
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Greater human health gains accrue from the provision of sanitation than from the provision of safe water.
Academic text (2008) -
So over time, those benefits do accrue to labor.
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And nothing, and I mean nothing will help you accrue skills faster than failure.
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So small things like that accrue over time.
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There are benefits that will accrue from improved water.
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Savings accrue in time, space and cost.
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Especially when one of the things that you are able to accrue as you get older is wisdom.
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Think about the benefit that accrues to the poor and middle class.
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AISC has yet to see the benefits that will accrue to our industry through this trade agreement.
Academic text (1991) -
But the gardens also accrue benefits beyond those of simply producing food and pleasing spouses.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
207
3.0
Increase slowly over time
174
3.4
To gather more and more of something over time
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1.8
Increase slowly over time
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4.0
Collect things over time until there is a large amount
1
8.9
To grow slowly by adding small amounts over time
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7.9
To increase in amount over time
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word accrue comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and crēscere 'to grow', the same root you see in increase. So, accrue means to 'grow' or 'increase' over time, which is why interest or benefits 'accrue' to you slowly.