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accumulation en · NOUN

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/əˌkjuːm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō 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. ▲ 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.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
(countable, uncountable) The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- 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. 1958 August 14, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 520:
- an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors
- Accumulation of tiny, positional blunders adds up to a ruptured Kingside. 1961 April, I. A. Horowitz, “Readers' Games”, in Chess Review:
(countable, uncountable) A mass of something piled up or collected.
- 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. 1989 January 14, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 129:
(countable, uncountable) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
(countable, uncountable) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(countable, uncountable) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(UK, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.

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accumulations	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (46)

nl opstapeling (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · he צבירה (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · fi kertyminen (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · nl accumulatie (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · pt acumulação (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · it accumulo (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · hu felhalmozás (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · el συσσώρευση (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · sv ackumulation (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · da akkumulering (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · txb kraupalñe (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · it accumulazione (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · es acumulación (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · ca acumulació (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · qu qisa (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · pl akumulacja (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · ca acumulació (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings) · de Anhäufung (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · la accumulatio (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · de Anhäufung (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings) · he אגירה (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · hi भंडारण (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · ga tiomsú (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · et kuhjumine (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · ru накопле́ние (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings) · et kogumine (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · fi karttuminen (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings) · fi akkumulaatio (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · cmn 累计 (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · sv ackumulering (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · ru накопле́ние (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · nl opeenhoping (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · de Konkurrenz (concurrence of several titles to the same proof) · fi konkurrenssi (concurrence of several titles to the same proof) · eo amasigo (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · cmn 积累 (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · ro acumulare (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · es acúmulo (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · fi kasaantuminen (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · bg натрупване (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · pt acúmulo (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · hi संचयन (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · pl akumulacja (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings) · cmn 储蓄 (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · fi kerääntyminen (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) · he צבירה (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings)

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