accumulative
English
Etymology
accumulate + -ive
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ə.ˈkjum.jə.ˌleɪ.tɪv/, /ə.ˈkjum.jə.ˌlə.tɪv/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
accumulative (comparative more accumulative, superlative most accumulative)
- Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
- Synonyms: cumulative, additional
- 1959, Mervyn Peake, Titus Alone, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, Chapter 88,
- At the back of it all was a nebulous, accumulative foreboding; a gathering together in the cumulus sky; a mounting excitement in the heart of secrecy […]
- Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
Derived terms
- accumulatively
- accumulativeness
Translations
serving to collect or amass
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