cumulate

/'kju:mjulit/

Thân thiện

Journals cumulate in stacks on the office floor.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gather or collect over time; to accumulate: The primary meaning of "cumulate" is to gradually increase in quantity or mass by successive additions, often resulting in a growing heap or collection.

Usage

• Transitive verb: Used with a direct object to indicate what is being gathered.
  • The system is designed to cumulate data from various sensors.
• Intransitive verb: Used without a direct object to describe the process of gathering.
  • Dust tends to cumulate in unused corners of the house.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• In a figurative or abstract sense: Often used for non-physical things like knowledge, evidence, or experience.
  • The researcher aimed to cumulate evidence before publishing the theory.
  • His years of travel served to cumulate a deep understanding of different cultures.

Variants and Related Words

• Cumulative (adj): Increasing or growing by successive additions.
  • The cumulative effect of daily exercise is improved health.
• Accumulation (n): The process or result of cumulating.
  • The accumulation of wealth was his primary goal.

Synonyms

• Accumulate: To gather or build up.
• Amass: To collect a large amount of something.
• Gather: To bring together.

Antonyms

• Disperse: To spread over a wide area.
• Dissipate: To scatter or vanish.
• Diminish: To become smaller or less.

Học thuật

Verb

1. collect or gather
   • Journals are accumulating in my office
   • The work keeps piling up

Từ đồng nghĩa

• accumulate
• conglomerate
• pile up
• gather
• amass