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# accumulated

verb form (past of «accumulate»: accumulate, accumulates, accumulated, accumulating); adjective

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

## Everyday

1. Accumulated means gathered or collected bit by bit over time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#m1)
2. Accumulated (adjective) describes the total amount that has built up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths problems it means a running total: «she accumulated 120 points over the week» means all her points added together. In science and geography: snow, dust or rubbish accumulates. In money lessons: savings and interest accumulate. Formal; everyday words are «built up», «piled up», «collected».

### Examples

- Snow accumulated on the roof overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x1)
- He accumulated 250 points in the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x2)
- Dust had accumulated under the bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x3)
- Her accumulated savings came to 80 pounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x4)
- Leaves accumulated in the gutter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x5)
- Over the term, the class accumulated 40 stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x6)
- Rubbish accumulated on the beach after the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x7)
- The Fox accumulated all that they had killed into one large heap and left to himself the smallest possible morsel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accumulated/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: double «c», one «m»: accumulate. Noun: accumulation. In maths: an accumulated total = sum of all the parts added over time.

## On Mova

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