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# accumulate

verb (accumulate, accumulates, accumulated, accumulating)

«accumulate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To collect or gather more and more of something over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#m1)
2. To grow larger by building up slowly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, savings accumulate when money is added each week; points accumulate in a game. In science, dust, snow or rubbish accumulates; in geography, sediment accumulates to form rock. Phrases: accumulate points, accumulate wealth, dust accumulates.

### Examples

- Snow accumulated on the roof overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x1)
- She accumulated 500 points in the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x2)
- Dust accumulates under the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x3)
- If you save £2 a week, you accumulate £20 in ten weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x4)
- Rubbish accumulated in the corner of the yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x5)
- He accumulated a huge collection of stamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/#x6)

### Note

Noun accumulation; adjective accumulative or cumulative. Spelling: double c, single m. In maths, accumulate means keep adding, so the total grows.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «accumulate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«accumulate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/accumulate.html) on Mova free.