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# amass

verb (amass, amasses, amassed, amassing)

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

## Everyday

To amass is to gather a large number or amount of things, or money, over time: «amass a fortune». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amass/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character gathers wealth or treasure, such as the thief in the cave

### Examples

- He amassed a fortune by trading in cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amass/#x1)
- I had amassed a rich treasure of jewels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amass/#x2)
- The squirrel amassed a huge pile of nuts for winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amass/#x3)

### Note

amassing makes the total grow bigger as things are gathered together; it names no operation like add, so read the rest of the problem to see what is being counted

## On Mova

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