accumulate

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verb

1. get or gather together (Freq. 4)
- 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
• Syn:
roll up, collect, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
• Derivationally related forms:
compilation (for: compile), accumulative, accumulation, collection (for: collect), collecting (for: collect)
• Hypernyms:
store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away,
stack away, stash away
• Hyponyms:
run up, corral, collect, pull in, scrape,
scrape up, scratch, come up, lump, chunk, bale,
catch, fund
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They accumulate the money in the closet
2. collect or gather (Freq. 4)
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
• Syn:
cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
• Derivationally related forms:
gathering (for: gather), conglomeration (for: conglomerate), cumulative (for: cumulate), cumulus (for: cumulate), cumulation (for: cumulate), accumulative, accumulation
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
backlog, accrete, drift
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- The crowds accumulate in the streets

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass, roll up, collect, compile, hoard