different between accumulate vs cumulative

English

Etymology

• First attested in the 1520's.
• Borrowed from Latin accumul?tus, perfect passive participle of accumul? (“amass, pile up”), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumul? (“heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kju?mj??le?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?.?kjum.j?.?le?t/
• Hyphenation: ac?cu?mu?late

Verb

accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)

1. (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)

   Synonyms: amass, heap, hoard, store; see also Thesaurus:pile up

2. (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.

   Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
3. (education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

Translations

Adjective

accumulate (not comparable)

1. (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.

Related terms

• accumulation
• accumulator
• cumulus

Further reading

• accumulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• accumulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

accumulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accumulare
2. second-person plural imperative of accumulare
3. feminine plural of accumulato

Latin

Etymology

From accumul? (“amass, pile up”)

Adverb

accumul?t? (comparative accumul?tius, superlative accumul?tissim?)

1. abundantly, copiously

Synonyms

• abundanter

Related terms

• accumulator
• accumul?

References

• accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• accumulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accumulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• accumulate in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

English

Etymology

From cumulate +? -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kju?mj?l?t?v/, /?kju?mj??le?t?v/

Adjective

cumulative (comparative more cumulative, superlative most cumulative)

1. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
2. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
   • 1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

     The argument […] is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative.

   1. (linguistics) Adding one statement to another.

3. That tends to accumulate.
4. (finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
5. (law) (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.

Derived terms

• cume

Related terms

• cumulate

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.my.la.tiv/

Adjective

cumulative

1. feminine singular of cumulatif

Italian

Adjective

cumulative

1. feminine plural of cumulativo