Many advantages accrue to society from the freedom of speech.
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Accrue
//əˈkɹu//
Synonyms for "accrue" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- нараствам verb (increase)
- полагам се verb (to become an enforceable and permanent right)
Danish
4 entries- indsamle verb (increase)
- opsamle verb (increase)
- påløbe verb (increase)
- tilfalde verb (increase)
Dutch
4 entries- accumuleren verb (to be incurred as a result of the passage of time)
- accumuleren verb (to accumulate)
- groeien verb (increase)
- verhogen verb (increase)
Finnish
1 entries- kasvaa verb (increase)
French
1 entries- accroître verb (increase)
Frisian
2 entries- groeien verb (increase)
- krije verb (increase)
German
4 entries- anfallen verb (increase)
- ansammeln verb (to accumulate)
- anwachsen verb (to be incurred as a result of the passage of time)
- auflaufen verb (to be incurred as a result of the passage of time)
Hindi
4 entries- उठना verb (to be incurred as a result of the passage of time)
- उपाजित होना verb (increase)
- उपाजित होना verb (to be incurred as a result of the passage of time)
- उपाजित होना verb (to accumulate)
Ido
1 entries- amaseskar verb (increase)
Interlingua
2 entries- accrescer verb (increase)
- accumular verb (increase)
Italian
1 entries- accrescersi verb (increase)
Middle English
1 entries- issen verb (to accumulate)
Māori
2 entries- hua verb (increase)
- hua verb (to be incurred as a result of the passage of time)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آرتمق verb (increase)
Polish
3 entries- gromadzić verb (to accumulate)
- wzrastać verb (increase)
- wzrosnąć verb (increase)
Portuguese
2 entries- acrescer verb (increase)
- acumular verb (increase)
Russian
4 entries- доба́виться verb (increase)
- добавля́ться verb (increase)
- нараста́ть verb (increase)
- нарасти́ verb (increase)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nagomilati verb (to accumulate)
- nàrāsti verb (increase)
- нагомилати verb (to accumulate)
- нарасти́ verb (increase)
Spanish
4 entries- acrecentarse verb (increase)
- acrecer verb (increase)
- acrecerse verb (increase)
- acumular verb (to accumulate)
Swedish
2 entries- växa till verb (increase)
- öka verb (increase)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Benefits accrue to the community from reconstruction.
Source: tatoeba (243670)
Interest will begin to accrue after the first year.
Source: tatoeba (8657785)
It was not stated whether he would be paid monthly, as is the department’s custom, or let it accrue to the end of the year.
Source: tatoeba (10981353)
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