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accumulation
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun accumulation has 4 senses
- accumulation(n = noun.process) accretion - an increase by natural growth or addition; Array has particulars: backup, buildup, deposit, deposition
- accumulation(n = noun.group) aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole; Array is a kind of group, grouping
- accumulation(n = noun.act) accrual, accruement - the act of accumulating; Array is a kind of increase, step-up
- accumulation(n = noun.possession) Array - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation; Array is a kind of earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits
is a kind of growth, increase, increment
has particulars: procession, pharmacopoeia, string, wardrobe, wardrobe, population, universe, armamentarium, art collection, backlog, battery, block, book, rule book, book, bottle collection, bunch, caboodle, lot, coin collection, collage, content, ensemble, tout ensemble, corpus, crop, tenantry, findings, flagging, flinders, pack, deal, hand, long suit, herbarium, stamp collection, statuary, sum, sum total, summation, agglomeration, gimmickry, nuclear club, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile, mass, combination, congregation, hit parade, judaica, kludge, library, program library, subroutine library, library, mythology, biology, biota, fauna, zoology, petting zoo, set, victoriana, category, class, family, job lot, bundle, package, packet, parcel, defence, defense, defense lawyers, defense team, prosecution, planting, signage, gaap, generally accepted accounting principles, pantheon, free world, third world, europe, asia, north america, central america, south america, oort cloud, galaxy, extragalactic nebula, galaxy, fleet, fleet, fleet, repertoire, repertory, repertoire, repertory, assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, batch, clutch, batch, rogue's gallery, exhibition, expo, exposition, convoy, traffic, air power, aviation, botany, flora, vegetation, jurisprudence, law, menagerie, data, information, ana, mail, post, treasure, treasure trove, trinketry, troponomy, troponymy, smithereens, nag hammadi, nag hammadi library, magi, wise men
Derived form verb accumulate1
has particulars: buildup
Derived forms verb accumulate2, verb accumulate1
has particulars: fund, stock, store, backlog, reserve, stockpile
CIDE DICTIONARY
accumulation, n. [L. accumulatio; cf. F. accumulation.].
- The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors. [1913 Webster]
- The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
accumulation, n.
1 the act or process of accumulating or being accumulated.
2 an accumulated mass.
3 the growth of capital by continued interest.
1 the act or process of accumulating or being accumulated.
2 an accumulated mass.
3 the growth of capital by continued interest.
Etymology
L accumulatio (as ACCUMULATE)
THESAURUS
accumulation
abundance, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, acervation, addition, advance, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregate, aggregation, amassing, amassment, amplification, appreciation, ascent, assemblage, assembling, augmentation, backlog, ballooning, bank, bloating, boom, boost, bringing together, broadening, budget, buildup, chunk, collecting, collection, colluvies, commissariat, commissary, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, cornucopia, crescendo, cumulation, cumulus, development, dump, edema, elevation, enlargement, expansion, extension, flood, gain, gathering, gleaning, glomeration, gob, greatening, growth, gush, heap, hike, hoard, hunk, increase, increment, inflation, inventory, jump, larder, leap, lump, mass, material, materials, materiel, mounting, multiplication, munitions, pile, piling, plenitude, plenty, productiveness, proliferation, provisionment, provisions, raise, rations, repertoire, repertory, reserve, rick, rise, snowball, snowballing, spread, stack, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, supplies, supply on hand, surge, swelling, treasure, treasury, trove, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, wad, waxing, wideningROGET THESAURUS
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Store
N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.Redundancy
N redundancy, redundance, too much, too many, superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation, nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness, profusion, repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share, more than enough, plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener, turgescence, overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow, inundation, avalanche, accumulation, heap, drug, drug in the market, glut, crowd, burden, excess, surplus, overplus, epact, margin, remainder, duplicate, surplusage, expletive, work of supererogation, bonus, bonanza, luxury, intemperance, extravagance, exorbitance, lavishment, pleonasm, too many irons in the fire, embarras de richesses, redundant, too much, too many, exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish, prodigal, exorbitant, overweening, extravagant, overcharged, supersaturated, drenched, overflowing, running over, running to waste, running down, crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing, gorged, ready to burst, dropsical, turgid, plethoric, obese, superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excess, over and above, de trop, adscititious, supernumerary, on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive, un peu fort, over, too, over and above, overmuch, too much, too far, without measure, beyond measure, out of measure, with a to spare, over head and ears, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, extra, beyond the mark, acervatim, it never rains but it pours, fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis, Degree of Subservience.Assemblage
N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.
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