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# cumulatively

adverb

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

## Everyday

Cumulatively means taken all together, with each new amount added to the ones before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cumulatively/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in maths, science and reports: «cumulatively, the team scored 200 goals», «small savings, cumulatively, make a big difference». It tells the reader to think of the total built up over time.

### Examples

- Cumulatively, we raised £500 over the whole term. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cumulatively/#x1)
- Each mistake was small, but cumulatively they cost us the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cumulatively/#x2)
- Cumulatively, the rain over the week flooded the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cumulatively/#x3)
- The planets' small pulls, cumulatively, change the comet's path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cumulatively/#x4)
- Reading ten minutes a day adds up cumulatively to hours of reading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cumulatively/#x5)
- Cumulatively, the class has walked 1,000 km this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cumulatively/#x6)

### Note

Adjective: cumulative. In maths, «cumulatively» means add all the parts together.

## On Mova

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