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accumulative

[ uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
  2. tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.


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Other Words From

  • ac·cumu·lative·ly adverb
  • ac·cumu·lative·ness noun
  • nonac·cumu·la·tive adjective
  • nonac·cumu·la·tive·ly adverb
  • nonac·cumu·la·tive·ness noun
  • unac·cumu·lative adjective
  • unac·cumu·lative·ly adverb
  • unac·cumu·lative·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of accumulative1

First recorded in 1645–55; accumulate + -ive
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Example Sentences

Current algorithms rely heavily on activities and accumulative quality information from billions of internet users.

So I think that it’s been normalized in a kind of accumulative way.

Their failure is of the everyday variety—accumulative and quietly disappointing.

Joy and pleasure are of a transitory nature only, while pain and sorrow are of a permanent and accumulative character.

Next: ‘Aia’ is generally an accumulative yet depreciative termination.

People with accumulative minds wander through the museum, very interesting, "Just look at this mosaic, John."

But the stimulus which one invention afforded to another gave an accumulative power to the application of new methods.

There is a well-marked distinction between the excitable and what I will call the accumulative temperament in patients.

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