accumulative

English

Etymology

From accumulate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/, /əˈkjum.jəˌlə.tɪv/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

accumulative (comparative more accumulative, superlative most accumulative)

1. Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass

   Synonyms: cumulative, additional

   • 1959, Mervyn Peake, chapter 88, in Titus Alone, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:

     At the back of it all was a nebulous, accumulative foreboding; a gathering together in the cumulus sky; a mounting excitement in the heart of secrecy […]

2. Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.

Derived terms

• accumulatively
• accumulativeness
• accumulativity
• bioaccumulative
• nonaccumulative

 

Translations

serving to collect or amass

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 累积 (zh) (lěijī)

• Finnish: akkumulatiivinen
• Italian: accumulativo m, accumulativa f
• Polish: akumulacyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: acumulativo