Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to accumulate
Participle: accumulated
Gerund: accumulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | accumulate |
| you | accumulate |
| he;she;it | accumulates |
| we | accumulate |
| you | accumulate |
| they | accumulate |
Perfect
| I | have accumulated |
| you | have accumulated |
| he;she;it | has accumulated |
| we | have accumulated |
| you | have accumulated |
| they | have accumulated |
Past
| I | accumulated |
| you | accumulated |
| he;she;it | accumulated |
| we | accumulated |
| you | accumulated |
| they | accumulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had accumulated |
| you | had accumulated |
| he;she;it | had accumulated |
| we | had accumulated |
| you | had accumulated |
| they | had accumulated |
Future
| I | will accumulate |
| you | will accumulate |
| he;she;it | will accumulate |
| we | will accumulate |
| you | will accumulate |
| they | will accumulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have accumulated |
| you | will have accumulated |
| he;she;it | will have accumulated |
| we | will have accumulated |
| you | will have accumulated |
| they | will have accumulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | accumulate |
| you | accumulate |
| he;she;it | accumulate |
| we | accumulate |
| you | accumulate |
| they | accumulate |
Perfect
| I | have accumulated |
| you | have accumulated |
| he;she;it | have accumulated |
| we | have accumulated |
| you | have accumulated |
| they | have accumulated |
Imperfect
| I | accumulated |
| you | accumulated |
| he;she;it | accumulated |
| we | accumulated |
| you | accumulated |
| they | accumulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had accumulated |
| you | had accumulated |
| he;she;it | had accumulated |
| we | had accumulated |
| you | had accumulated |
| they | had accumulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would accumulate |
| you | would accumulate |
| he;she;it | would accumulate |
| we | would accumulate |
| you | would accumulate |
| they | would accumulate |
Perfect
| I | would have accumulated |
| you | would have accumulated |
| he;she;it | would have accumulated |
| we | would have accumulated |
| you | would have accumulated |
| they | would have accumulated |
Imperative
| you | accumulate |
| we | Let's accumulate |
| you | accumulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'accumulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'accumulate'
accuminate,
cumulate,
decumulate,
reaccumulate,
acculturate,
acidulate,
acuminate,
assimulate,
bioaccumulate,
cubulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- accumulate
- accrue
- —to accumulate over time
- gather
- to collect in an increasing amount over time
- accrue, add up, amound, garner, gather, heap up, mount up, stack up
- amass
- collect, heap, cumulate, gather, accrue, garner, hive
Antonyms
- to collect in an increasing amount over time
- decline, decumulate, lose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
3. Proto-Italic *ad
4. Proto-Italic *ad-
5. Latin ad-
6. Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?
8. Latin cumulus
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
14. Proto-Italic *-ājō
15. Proto-Italic *-āō
16. Latin -ō
17. Latin cumulō
18. Latin accumulō
19. Latin accumulātusbor.
20. Middle English accumylaten
21. English accumulate
22. First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler. See: French '
accumuler'.
Verbs referencing "accumulate"
Finnish with old forms
akkumuloida, Ido akumular.
Sample Sentences
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The Patent Office at Washington, furnishes an extraordinary example of American enterprise and ingenuity; for the immense number of models it contains are the accumulated inventions of only five years; the whole of the previous collection having been destroyed by fire. The elegant structure in which they are arranged is one of design rather than execution, for there [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It was late at night, and Tom lay groaning and bleeding alone, in an old forsaken room of the gin-house, among pieces of broken machinery, piles of damaged cotton, and other rubbish which had there accumulated.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] played with Legree, until he would sooner have put his head into a lion's mouth than to have explored that garret. Meanwhile, in the night, when everybody else was asleep, Cassy slowly and carefully accumulated there a stock of provisions sufficient to afford subsistence for some time; she transferred, article by article, a greater part of her own and Emmeline's wardrobe. All things being arranged, they [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Wealth isn't just about accumulating money. It also means gaining people who genuinely care for us.
(Mr. Bachchan)