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accumulating


verb (used with object), ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.

  1. to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.

verb (used without object), ac·cu·mu·lat·ed, ac·cu·mu·lat·ing.

  1. to gather into a heap, mass, cover, etc.; form a steadily increasing quantity: Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.

verb

  1. to gather or become gathered together in an increasing quantity; amass; collect
v.

1520s, from Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare “to heap up” (see accumulation). Related: Accumulated; accumulating.

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