Accumulate
verb
To gradually gather or grow larger over time.
Dust had accumulated in the corners of the room.
Often appears as...
- accumulate knowledge
- accumulate wealth
verb
To gain or save gradually over time, often in terms of money or assets.
He accumulated a fortune through smart investments.
Often appears as...
- accumulate funds
- accumulate wealth
Usage tips
Business, Financial
verb
In scientific or technical contexts, to accumulate can refer to gathering or piling something up in an orderly way.
Over time, sediment accumulates at the bottom of the lake.
Often appears as...
- accumulate sediment
- accumulate data
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To gradually gather or grow larger over time.
Dust had accumulated in the corners of the room.
Often appears as...
- accumulate knowledge
- accumulate wealth
verb
To gain or save gradually over time, often in terms of money or assets.
He accumulated a fortune through smart investments.
Often appears as...
- accumulate funds
- accumulate wealth
Usage tips
Business, Financial
verb
In scientific or technical contexts, to accumulate can refer to gathering or piling something up in an orderly way.
Over time, sediment accumulates at the bottom of the lake.
Often appears as...
- accumulate sediment
- accumulate data
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Time Duration
Use 'accumulate' to show that something is increasing over a period of time, not instantly.
Over the years, he accumulated a vast collection of stamps.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Accumulate' can refer to both desirable and undesirable increases, such as debts or problems.
They accumulated a lot of debt after buying the house.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Growth
The process of accumulating is often subtle and not easily noticed until it's significant.
I didn't realize how much clutter I had accumulated over the years.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Duration
Use 'accumulate' to show that something is increasing over a period of time, not instantly.
Over the years, he accumulated a vast collection of stamps.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Accumulate' can refer to both desirable and undesirable increases, such as debts or problems.
They accumulated a lot of debt after buying the house.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Growth
The process of accumulating is often subtle and not easily noticed until it's significant.
I didn't realize how much clutter I had accumulated over the years.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Duration
Use 'accumulate' to show that something is increasing over a period of time, not instantly.
Over the years, he accumulated a vast collection of stamps.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Accumulate' can refer to both desirable and undesirable increases, such as debts or problems.
They accumulated a lot of debt after buying the house.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Growth
The process of accumulating is often subtle and not easily noticed until it's significant.
I didn't realize how much clutter I had accumulated over the years.
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Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
And scientists are currently studying birds like cormorants, and other seabirds in this area. For how they've accumulated the toxic chemicals coming out of plastic. They're fantastic indicators of what the ecosystem is showing in terms of pollution. And it's such a shame because these are really, really important breeding sites
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Where did Earth’s water...
This suggests that the Earth may have accumulated a substantial amount of water early on that was able to stay put, despite the lack of an atmosphere, though asteroids may have brought more over the eons. If this turns out to be true, life may have formed much earlier than previously thought.
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The colossal consequences...
after an eruption so large that the now-empty magma chamber can no longer support its weight. But though the above-ground volcano is gone, the underground volcanic activity continues. With no method of release, magma and volcanic gases continue to accumulate and expand underground,
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
Here's the common-sense idea. There is you. You are the individuals you are, and you have this kind of core. Now in your life, what happens is that you, of course, accumulate different experiences and so forth. So you have memories, and these memories help to create what you are.
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The law of conservation...
in the three minutes that followed the birth of our universe. Eventually, clusters of atoms accumulated and formed stars. Within these stars, nuclear reactions fused light elements, such as hydrogen and helium, to form heavier elements, such as carbon and oxygen.
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What happens when our...
Some people would say it's technology. Now it's true, technology has accumulated through human history, and right now, technology advances extremely rapidly -- that is the proximate cause, that's why we are currently so very productive.
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How to understand power...
Law number power is never static. It's always either accumulating or decaying in a civic arena. So if you aren't taking action, you're being acted upon. Law number power is like water. It flows like a current through everyday life.
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Footprints in the ocean...
because this is science right and through the scientific iterative process that it is we can eventually accumulate enough evidence to determine whether or not this process is indeed important to the ocean and so this topic biogenic
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How does your body...
Painkillers, like ibuprofen, block the production of compounds that help the body transmit pain signals. As more drug molecules accumulate, the pain-cancelling affect increases, reaching a maximum within about one or two hours.
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Supervolcanoes 101 PIPE...
enough magma accumulated to cause the ground to swell up to six and a half feet. The next stage of a supervolcano's life cycle is a supereruption. At this point, the buildup of pressure
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
And scientists are currently studying birds like cormorants, and other seabirds in this area. For how they've accumulated the toxic chemicals coming out of plastic. They're fantastic indicators of what the ecosystem is showing in terms of pollution. And it's such a shame because these are really, really important breeding sites
Video examples
Where did Earth’s water...
This suggests that the Earth may have accumulated a substantial amount of water early on that was able to stay put, despite the lack of an atmosphere, though asteroids may have brought more over the eons. If this turns out to be true, life may have formed much earlier than previously thought.
Video examples
The colossal consequences...
after an eruption so large that the now-empty magma chamber can no longer support its weight. But though the above-ground volcano is gone, the underground volcanic activity continues. With no method of release, magma and volcanic gases continue to accumulate and expand underground,
Video examples
Julian Baggini: Is there...
Here's the common-sense idea. There is you. You are the individuals you are, and you have this kind of core. Now in your life, what happens is that you, of course, accumulate different experiences and so forth. So you have memories, and these memories help to create what you are.
Video examples
The law of conservation...
in the three minutes that followed the birth of our universe. Eventually, clusters of atoms accumulated and formed stars. Within these stars, nuclear reactions fused light elements, such as hydrogen and helium, to form heavier elements, such as carbon and oxygen.
Video examples
What happens when our...
Some people would say it's technology. Now it's true, technology has accumulated through human history, and right now, technology advances extremely rapidly -- that is the proximate cause, that's why we are currently so very productive.
Video examples
How to understand power...
Law number power is never static. It's always either accumulating or decaying in a civic arena. So if you aren't taking action, you're being acted upon. Law number power is like water. It flows like a current through everyday life.
Video examples
Footprints in the ocean...
because this is science right and through the scientific iterative process that it is we can eventually accumulate enough evidence to determine whether or not this process is indeed important to the ocean and so this topic biogenic
Video examples
How does your body...
Painkillers, like ibuprofen, block the production of compounds that help the body transmit pain signals. As more drug molecules accumulate, the pain-cancelling affect increases, reaching a maximum within about one or two hours.
Video examples
Supervolcanoes 101 PIPE...
enough magma accumulated to cause the ground to swell up to six and a half feet. The next stage of a supervolcano's life cycle is a supereruption. At this point, the buildup of pressure
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Yuan T. Lee
Chinese Scientist
Through the continued accumulation of detailed and reliable knowledge about elementary reactions, we will be in a better position to understand, predict and control many time-dependent macroscopic chemical processes which are important in nature or to human society.
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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life experience that was not fully faced and accepted in the moment it arose. It leaves behind an energy form of emotional pain.
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Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Novelist
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
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Anne Wojcicki
American Scientist
Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.
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George William Curtis
American Author
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Melvin Van Peebles
American Actor
Over time, you accumulate a lot of life material.
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Yuan T. Lee
Chinese Scientist
Through the continued accumulation of detailed and reliable knowledge about elementary reactions, we will be in a better position to understand, predict and control many time-dependent macroscopic chemical processes which are important in nature or to human society.
Quote examples
Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life experience that was not fully faced and accepted in the moment it arose. It leaves behind an energy form of emotional pain.
Quote examples
Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer.
Quote examples
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian Novelist
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
Quote examples
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
Quote examples
Anne Wojcicki
American Scientist
Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors.
Quote examples
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
It is more rewarding to watch money change the world than watch it accumulate.
Quote examples
George William Curtis
American Author
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
Quote examples
Stephen Covey
American Educator
Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
Quote examples
Melvin Van Peebles
American Actor
Over time, you accumulate a lot of life material.
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