accumulate

accumulate: accumulate, amass, hoard imply in both literal and figurative usage a bringing together so as to make a store or great quantity.

Accumulate implies a piling up by a series of increases rather than by a single complete act; it is applicable to almost anything that may increase in amount

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unused books accumulate dust
}

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he will ever be gathering knowledge, accumulating experience, as he can— Gerould
}

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true poetry, however simple it may appear on the surface, accumulates meaning every time it is read— Day Lewis
}

Amass refers usually but not always to things that are regarded as valuable, such as money or treasures

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amass a fortune
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It frequently implies more imposing results than accumulate

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scientific knowledge, painstakingly amassed by many devotees over an extended period of human history— Geldard
}

Hoard always implies storing up and frequently concealment of what is stored

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squirrels hoard nuts for the winter months
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Frequently hoard implies greed and, when used of money, avarice

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a miser is one who hoards gold
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hoarding money is not a safe way of saving— Shaw
}

Analogous words: *gather, collect: *heap, pile, stack

Antonyms: dissipate

Contrasted words: *scatter, disperse, dispel: diminish, lessen, *decrease: *distribute, dispense, deal, dole

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accumulate — ac·cu·mu·late vb lat·ed, lat·ing vt: to gather esp. little by little; specif: to add (income from a fund) back into the principal vi: to increase gradually in amount or number Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Accumulate — Ac*cu mu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accumulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accumulating}.] [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare; ad + cumulare to heap. See {Cumulate}.] To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Accumulate — Ac*cu mu*late ([a^]k*k[=u] m[ u]*l[=a]t), v. i. To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly. [1913 Webster] Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Accumulate — Ac*cu mu*late ( l[asl]t), a. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.] Collected; accumulated. Bacon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
accumulate — (v.) 1520s, from L. accumulatus, pp. of accumulare to heap up (see ACCUMULATION (Cf. accumulation)); Related: ACCUMULATED (Cf. Accumulated); accumulating … Etymology dictionary
accumulate — [v] gather or amass something accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up*, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap… … New thesaurus
accumulate — ► VERB 1) gather together a number or quantity of. 2) gather or build up. DERIVATIVES accumulation noun accumulative adjective. ORIGIN Latin accumulare heap up , from cumulus a heap … English terms dictionary
accumulate — [ə kyo͞om′yo͞o lāt΄, ə kyo͞om′yəlāt΄] vt., vi. accumulated, accumulating [< L accumulatus, pp. of accumulare < ad , to + cumulare, to heap: see CUMULUS] to pile up, collect, or gather together, esp. over a period of time accumulable [ə… … English World dictionary
accumulate — 01. Emmanuel was able to [accumulate] a certain amount of English vocabulary working with a British family in France. 02. My wife keeps going to garage sales, and has [accumulated] a lot of worthless junk that she considers to be a real bargain.… … Grammatical examples in English
accumulate — verb ADVERB ▪ gradually, slowly ▪ steadily ▪ quickly, rapidly VERB + ACCUMULATE ▪ begin to … Collocations dictionary

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