Skip to content
Toofey.
← Word library
WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)

accumulate

/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

An illustration for accumulate

verb

To gather or acquire so that you have more of it

  • “Delays in deliveries are occurring due to accumulated snow.”Tatoeba
  • “True virtues always cause a disturbance and accumulate hate.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

accumulate: meaning, pronunciation and examples · Toofey