Definition of accumulate - WordReference.com Dictionary

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accumulate
A	verb
	1	accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
			collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
		Category Tree: change ╚change magnitude ╚increase ╚accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass ╚drift ╚accrete ╚backlog
	2	roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
			get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
		Category Tree: have; have got; hold ╚keep; hold on ╚store; hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away ╚roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard ╚catch ╚bale ╚lump; chunk ╚scrape; scrape up; come up ╚collect; pull in ╚corral ╚run up

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