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Accumulation

//əˌkjuːm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of accumulating wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of growing into a heap or a large amount. countable, uncountable

    "an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors"

  4. 4
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole wordnet
  5. 5
    A mass of something piled up or collected. countable, uncountable

    "After such an accumulation of mistakes in the treatment of lexical items, it comes as no surprise that the section on word formation on p. 133 is equally poor."

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  1. 6
    (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation wordnet
  2. 7
    The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    an increase by natural growth or addition wordnet
  4. 9
    The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study. UK, historical, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + -ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio.

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