Dictionary

cumulative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtɪv/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv/

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 cumulātusbor. English cumulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English cumulative From cumulate + -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.

Meanings

1. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
2. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
   • New Zealand meanwhile made it to the finals having beaten Tahiti, Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji and New Caledonia in qualifying, to the cumulative score of 29-1, and have subsequently lost eight of their last ten matches, the latest an embarrassing 4-0 defeat by Haiti. 2026 June 6, Scott Murray, “England v. New Zealand: World Cup warm-up – live”, in The Guardian:
   • The argument […] is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative. 1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord:
   • As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original. 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
3. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions. ▸ Adding one statement to another.
   • cumulative conjunctions like and, both…and and as well as
4. That tends to accumulate.
5. Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
6. (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
   • The state wants to bring in ten blood-spatter experts to testify. Your Honor, that is cumulative testimony.

Forms

Deriveds

cumulatively · cumulativeness · cume · cumulative voting · noncumulative · cumulative effect · cumulative frequency polygon · cumulative error · cumulative distribution function

Relateds

cumulate

Translations (47)

pl narastający (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu kapcsolatos ((linguistics) adding one statement to another) · cmn 積蓄的 /积蓄的 (incorporating all data up to the present) · tr kümülatif (incorporating all data up to the present) · cmn 漸增的 /渐增的 (incorporating all data up to the present) · ru кумуляти́вный (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu összegződött (incorporating all data up to the present) · th สะสม (incorporating all data up to the present) · bg съвкупен (incorporating all data up to the present) · nl cumulatief (incorporating all data up to the present) · de kumulativ (incorporating all data up to the present) · es acumulativo (incorporating all data up to the present) · mi tāpiripiri (incorporating all data up to the present) · ro cumulativ (incorporating all data up to the present) · pt cumulativo (incorporating all data up to the present) · eo akumula (incorporating all data up to the present) · kk кумулятивтік (incorporating all data up to the present) · it cumulativo (incorporating all data up to the present) · cmn 累計的 /累计的 (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu halmozódott (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu felhalmozott (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu összegző (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu összesítő (incorporating all data up to the present) · el συσσωρευτικός (incorporating all data up to the present) · kk жиынтық (incorporating all data up to the present) · fr cumulé (incorporating all data up to the present) · fi kasautuva (incorporating all data up to the present) · kk шоғырланымдық (incorporating all data up to the present) · fi kumulatiivinen (incorporating all data up to the present) · it cumulato (incorporating all data up to the present) · de angehäuft (incorporating all data up to the present) · fi kasaantuva (incorporating all data up to the present) · it cumulata (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu kumulatív (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu halmazati (incorporating all data up to the present) · es cumulativo (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu összegződő (incorporating all data up to the present) · bg кумулативен (incorporating all data up to the present) · hu göngyölített (incorporating all data up to the present) · tr birikimli (incorporating all data up to the present) · fr cumulée (incorporating all data up to the present) · ru совоку́пный (incorporating all data up to the present) · cs kumulativní (incorporating all data up to the present) · tl maragdagin (incorporating all data up to the present) · el αθροιστικός (incorporating all data up to the present) · id kumulatif (incorporating all data up to the present) · cmn 累積的 /累积的 (incorporating all data up to the present)