accumulative

English

Etymology

From accumulate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/, /əˈkjum.jəˌlə.tɪv/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

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.

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