US /ˈkjumjəˌleɪt/ UK /ˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/
verb adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to gather into a heap or mass; accumulate

    Sediment continued to cumulate at the river's mouth.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to gather into a heap or... accumulateamassgatherheappileaggregate
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Word family
Derived forms cumulationcumulative
Related forms accumulatecumulus

Etymology

From Latin cumulatus, past participle of cumulare ('to heap up'), from cumulus ('heap, mass, pile').

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