amass
/ə'mæs/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To gather or collect a large quantity of something over time: To bring together and accumulate a significant amount of material, wealth, or information.
- To assemble or pile up: To cause things to come together into a mass or heap.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- He managed to amass a great fortune through wise investments.
- The historian spent years amassing documents for her research.
- Leaves amassed against the garden fence after the storm.
Advanced Usage
- "to amass a collection": to gather a large number of related items.
- The curator amassed a remarkable collection of ancient coins.
- "to amass evidence": to gather proof or facts systematically.
- The detective amassed enough evidence to make an arrest.
Variants and Related Words
- Amassment (n): The act or process of amassing; an accumulation.
- The amassment of wealth was his primary goal.
- Amasser (n): A person who amasses.
- He was a notorious amasser of rare books.
Synonyms
- Accumulate: To gather or build up gradually.
- Accrue: To be added or gained over time, often used for money or benefits.
- Hoard: To accumulate and store away, often with a sense of secrecy or greed.
Antonyms
- Disperse: To spread over a wide area; to scatter.
- Dissipate: To cause to spread thin or vanish; to squander.
- Scatter: To throw or distribute loosely.
Related Phrases
- Amass a fortune: To accumulate a large amount of money or wealth.
- The entrepreneur aimed to amass a fortune before retiring.
- Amass knowledge: To gather a great deal of information or learning.
- Her goal was to amass knowledge about marine biology.
Verb
- get or gather together
- 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
- collect or gather
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up