cumulative
/'kju:mjulətiv/
Definition
Adjective: 1. Increasing or growing by successive additions: Describes something that increases in quantity, degree, or force by a series of additions, where each new amount is added to the previous total. 2. Accumulated over time: Refers to the total amount or effect that results from the gradual gathering or combination of separate elements.
Examples of Usage
Advanced Usage
- "Cumulative voting": A voting system where each voter has multiple votes that they can distribute among candidates or concentrate on a single candidate.
- The shareholders used cumulative voting to ensure minority representation on the board.
- In a legal/formal context: Often used to describe evidence or knowledge that builds progressively.
- The detective pieced together a case based on cumulative evidence from multiple sources.
Variants and Related Words
- Cumulatively (adverb): In a way that increases by successive additions.
- The costs added up cumulatively over the years.
- Accumulate (verb): To gather or collect over time.
- Accumulative (adjective): Tending to or resulting from accumulation. (Note: Often used interchangeably with "cumulative," though "cumulative" more strongly implies the of addition, while "accumulative" can emphasize the of gathering.)
Synonyms
- Accumulated
- Accretive
- Aggregate
- Collective
- Total
Antonyms
- Noncumulative
- Isolated
- Individual
Adjective
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increasing by successive addition
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the benefits are cumulative
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the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
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