Amassment
//əˈmæsmənt// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of amassing. countable, uncountable
"All her energy was devoted to the amassment of a vast fortune."
- 2 That which is amassed; a large quantity (of something). countable
"Through the Internet, we have access to an unprecedented amassment of information."
Example
More examples"All her energy was devoted to the amassment of a vast fortune."
Etymology
Probably from French amassement (“the act of amassing; the result of this action, objects that have been amassed or piled up”); equivalent to amass + -ment.
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