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- pronunciation:
kyu
my
leIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
accumulates, accumulating, accumulated |
| definition 1: |
to pile up, collect, or gather.
The library accumulated many more books this year.- synonyms:
- collect, gather
- antonyms:
- disperse
- similar words:
- acquire, bank, compile, hoard, reserve, save, store up
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| definition 2: |
to grow in amount or mass.
The snow accumulated overnight.
- antonyms:
- decrease, diminish
- similar words:
- augment, enlarge, expand, heap up, increase, multiply, stock up, swell, wax
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| related words: |
cluster, gather, lump, make, pile, score, scrape |
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| derivation: |
accumulable (adj.) |
The word accumulate
contains the following parts:
ac-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ac-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before Latin roots beginning with hard or soft "c" or "q." See ad-.
Example words:
accelerate, accent, accept, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accident, accidental, acclaim, accommodate, accompany, accomplice, accomplish, accord, account, accumulate, accuracy, accurate, accuse, accustom, acquaint, acquire, acquit
cumul
Latin
root
that means heap
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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