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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. get or gather together;
- Example: "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"
- Example: "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"
- Example: "She rolled up a small fortune"
[syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard]

2. collect or gather;
- Example: "Journals are accumulating in my office"
- Example: "The work keeps piling up"
[syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 accumulate a sum of money. [1913 Webster] Syn: To collect; pile up; store; amass; gather; aggregate; heap together; hoard. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 v.0.48:

Accumulate \Ac*cu"mu*late\ (-l[asl]t), a. [L. accumulatus, p. p. of accumulare.] Collected; accumulated. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

accumulate v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard] 2: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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