Meaning & use
Accumulate
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To gather together or increase in quantity over time.
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Dust began to accumulate on the shelves after months of neglect.
Regular saving allows interest to accumulate steadily over the years.
A note on using this word
From the Latin accumulare, 'to heap up,' reflecting its core sense of steadily building up a pile or store of something.
Words with a similar meaning
amassgather
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Words with an opposite meaning
dispersedeplete
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