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accumulare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accumulate verb To gradually gather or build up over time.
  • gather verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  • hoard noun A hidden store of valuable things, often kept secretly.
  • mound noun A raised pile or hill of earth, often built up rather than natural.
  • save verb To rescue someone or something from harm or danger.
  • stockpile noun A large stored supply of something kept for future use.

Senses

accumulare is used for these senses in English:

  • accumulate (intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
  • build up (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
  • gather To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.
  • hoard (transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
  • mound (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.
  • save (transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.
  • stockpile To accumulate or build up a supply of (something).

gather — full definition

  1. verb To bring separate things or people together in one place.
  2. verb To collect or accumulate something gradually.
  3. verb To conclude or infer something from information available.

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