accumulation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: accounting
business
education
finance
law
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?
Latin cumulus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin cumulō
Latin accumulō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin accumulātiōder.
Middle French accumulationbor.
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Latin accumulātiōbor.
Middle English acumulacyon
English accumulation
From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + -ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio.
Inflected forms:
form: accumulations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
At the lowest point, a short length of tunnel was driven alongside the up line, with a cross passage, to serve as a sump and pump house for dealing with any accumulation of water.
Accumulation of tiny, positional blunders adds up to a ruptured Kingside.
gloss: A mass of something piled up or collected.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: After such an accumulation of mistakes in the treatment of lexical items, it comes as no surprise that the section on word formation on p. 133 is equally poor.
gloss: The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
uncountable
Synonyms: retained earnings
Antonyms: decumulation
Related words: accumulate
accumulator
Derived words: accumulational
accumulation point
antiaccumulation
bioaccumulation
coaccumulation
deaccumulation
geoaccumulation
hydroaccumulation
hyperaccumulation
lymphoaccumulation
misaccumulation
myeloaccumulation
nonaccumulation
overaccumulation
photoaccumulation
phytoaccumulation
preaccumulation
reaccumulation
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: натрупване
roman: natrupvane
lang: Catalan
word: acumulació
lang: Dutch
word: accumulatie
lang: Dutch
word: opstapeling
lang: Dutch
word: opeenhoping
lang: Esperanto
word: amasigo
lang: Estonian
word: kogumine
lang: Estonian
word: kuhjumine
lang: Finnish
word: kertyminen
lang: Finnish
word: kasaantuminen
lang: Finnish
word: akkumulaatio
lang: Finnish
word: kerääntyminen
lang: German
word: Anhäufung
lang: Greek
word: συσσώρευση
roman: syssórefsi
lang: Hebrew
word: אגירה
roman: agirá
lang: Hebrew
word: צבירה
roman: tsvirá
lang: Hindi
word: भंडारण
roman: bhaṇḍāraṇ
lang: Hindi
word: संचयन
roman: sañcyan
lang: Hungarian
word: felhalmozás
lang: Irish
word: tiomsú
lang: Italian
word: accumulazione
lang: Italian
word: accumulo
lang: Latin
word: accumulatio
lang: Polish
word: akumulacja
lang: Portuguese
word: acumulação
lang: Portuguese
word: acúmulo
lang: Quechua
word: qisa
lang: Romanian
word: acumulare
lang: Russian
word: накопле́ние
roman: nakoplénije
lang: Spanish
word: acumulación
lang: Swedish
word: ackumulation
lang: Swedish
word: ackumulering
lang: Tocharian B
word: kraupalñe