to accumulate

Examples

• All

• How did legacies of privilege and loss accumulate between then and now?

• Usually, several years are needed to accumulate enough reserves for a self-insurance program to be financially viable.

  Academic text (1999)

• Those things are helping you accumulate more stock as time goes on.

• Yeah, right, right, so we can, you know accumulate some capital, basically.

  The Inheritance (2011)

• For example, as we age we also accumulate tags on our DNA.

  The Royal Institution

• Even children with limited exposure to print had accumulated knowledge about print before they came to school.

  Academic text (1999)

• As a result, during the late 1920s, the French accumulated a further 30 percent of the world's gold reserves.

  Academic text (2011)

• Third, they retired after age sixty to increase their accumulated funds and shorten their retirement period.

  Academic text (1999)

• Like I don't know how I've accumulated so much stuff.

• Morgenthau thought of the "rational" statesman as striving ever to accumulate more and more power.

  Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

C

to collect

vsto accumulate

499 1.1

To bring things or people together in one place

is the slow increase of quantity over time rather than immediate assembly

B

to build up

vsto accumulate

207 3.0

Increase slowly over time

is about gaining more over time without implying strengthening

P

to pile up

vsto accumulate

83 3.1

To put things on top of each other until they make a heap

is broader, covering slow increase even without a physical heap

A

to amass

vsto accumulate

66 4.8

To collect a lot of something over time

is about slow increase without stressing large scale or effort

G

to gather

vsto accumulate

53 1.8

Increase slowly over time

is broader and can include deliberate accumulation as well as slow growth

H

to hoard

vsto accumulate

45 4.8

To collect and keep large amounts of food or other things for future use

is general slow getting of more without secrecy or hoarding intent

A

to accrue

vsto accumulate

27 6.6

To slowly increase over time, for example money or benefits

is a more general slow getting of more over time

S

to stock up on

vsto accumulate

27 2.5

Buy a large amount of something to use later

is about gradual increase over time rather than planned buying

A

to aggregate

vsto accumulate

23 5.1

To collect things together to make one total

is the simpler slow getting together rather than formal combining

R

to roll up

vsto accumulate

22 3.7

Collect small amounts until they become a larger total

is the broad slow increase not limited to combining sums

H

to heap

vsto accumulate

14 2.4

To put things into a pile

is the wider gradual getting of more, not only piling

S

to stack up

vsto accumulate

7 4.0

Collect things over time until there is a large amount

is the general slow getting of more, not just saving

A

to accrete

vsto accumulate

• Specialized

1 8.9

To grow slowly by adding small amounts over time

is the general slow increase not limited to natural joining

C

to cumulate

vsto accumulate

1 7.9

To increase in amount over time

is the wider idea of gradual increase beyond formal repeats

Antonyms

D

to disperse

104 4.4

To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area

D

to dissipate

48 6.8

To make something spread out and disappear, for example fog or tension

How Much

to amass

66 4.8

to accumulate

174 3.4

to collect

499 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology