Search results
- Dictionaryac·cu·mu·la·tion/əˌkyo͞om(y)əˈlāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the acquisition or gradual gathering of something: "the accumulation of wealth"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative. tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive. cumulative. adjective. increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive parts or elements.
Mar 11, 2016 · ("Cumulus" functions as an English word in its own right as well. It can mean "heap" or "accumulation," or it can refer to a kind of dense puffy cloud with a flat base and rounded outlines.) "Cumulate" and "accumulate" overlap in meaning, but you're likely to find "cumulate" mostly in technical contexts.
Simply, where once there was dry pavement, now there is a pile of stuff, which has been gradually piling up, and may continue to pile up even higher (and who cares why it's piling up). "Accumulation" describes the size of the pile at a given moment in time, and implies the pile was smaller in the past and will get bigger in the future.
May 27, 2015 · My current (and somewhat wordy) version is "A Time-series Accumulation Approach to Soil Moisture Retrieval". I was looking for an adjective to replace the "time-series accumulation" phrase. – mosum. May 27, 2015 at 16:45. @mosum: I took the liberty of editing that into your post.
Nov 17, 2016 · I do carry some of the geology sense of the word over, and a conglomeration is something that has its own properties derived from the melding of the components, whereas an agglomeration does not have any identifiable properties as a whole. – Phil Sweet. Nov 17, 2016 at 2:48. Add a comment. pile, agglomeration, heap, mass.
Apr 4, 2015 · "It's a pity that we don't have "forelog" as a word for work that is done to clear one's desk before a vacation. What are the some alternatives to define all the work that is done to clear one's desk before a vacation. Forelog is not a word, it was suggested to and rejected by the Collins Dictionary. There is a real antonym: "forestick".
Mar 8, 2019 · 1 1 2. 1. Accumulated has the sense of being built up over time. He's accumulated a large fortune Cumulative has the sense of being a running tally. – Jim. Mar 8, 2019 at 21:34. "Accumulated sum" suggests to me the total, less any outgoings, of all the prizes you have ever won, that is, if you keep all your winnings in a dedicated bank accout ...
You missed run, burn and kill, bayou, and seaway.A canal also has moving water, but is man-made.. Generally, the difference is size: you can step over a brook, jump over a creek, wade across a stream, and swim across a river.
Jun 17, 2014 · To me, "accumulation" (as in "cumulative") seems more about gathering an increasing number of similar objects: accumulation of wealth, awards etc. "Aggregation" (as in "gregarious") has more of a connotation of gathering of not necessarily similar objects: as in aggregation of qualities, of accounts etc.
as the title asks What does growing from strength to strength mean ? A Google search yields meaning for the word strength and not the phrase.
