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accumulate
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)
- (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
- (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
- Synonyms: aggregate, amound, collect, gather; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
- (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)
- (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
- second-person plural present indicative of accumulare
- second-person plural imperative of accumulare
- feminine plural of accumulato
Latin
Etymology
From accumul? (“amass, pile up”)
Adverb
accumul?t? (comparative accumul?tius, superlative accumul?tissim?)
- 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)
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win
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
- Homophones: wynn, Nguyen, winne
Etymology 1
From Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil, trouble oneself; resist, oppose, contradict; fight, strive, struggle, rage; endure”) (compare Old English ?ewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-Germanic *winnan? (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Cognate with Low German winnen, Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.
Verb
win (third-person singular simple present wins, present participle winning, simple past and past participle won or (obsolete) wan)
- (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- For and we doo bataille we two wyl fyghte with one kny?t at ones / and therfore yf ye wille fyghte soo we wille be redy at what houre ye wille assigne / And yf ye wynne vs in bataille the lady shal haue her landes ageyne / ye say wel sayd sir Vwayne / therfor make yow redy so that ye be here to morne in the defence of the ladyes ryght
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- (transitive, intransitive) To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
- c. 17th century, unknown author, The Baron of Brackley (traditional folk song)
- I well may gang out, love, but I'll never win home.
- c. 17th century, unknown author, The Baron of Brackley (traditional folk song)
- (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
- (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
- (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
- 1589, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Thy virtue won me; with virtue preserve me.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act V, Scene 3
- She is a woman; therefore to be won.
- 1589, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- (intransitive) To achieve victory.
- (intransitive) To have power, coercion or control.
- (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
- (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
- (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winn? (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).
Noun
win (plural wins)
- An individual victory.
- Antonym: loss
- Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.
- (slang) A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
- Antonym: fail
- (obsolete) Gain; profit; income.
- (obsolete) Wealth; goods owned.
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunj? (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).
Cognate with German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), archaic Dutch wonne (“joy”), Danish ynde (“grace”), Icelandic yndi (“delight”).
Noun
win (plural wins)
- (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
Derived terms
- worldly win
Etymology 4
From wind.
Verb
win
- (transitive, Scotland) To dry by exposure to the wind.
References
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from English win.
Noun
win
- win
- victory
- prize
Verb
win
- to win
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?n
- IPA(key): /??n/
Verb
win
- first-person singular present indicative of winnen
- imperative of winnen
Kis
Noun
win
- woman
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
win (uncountable)
- Alternative form of wynne (“happiness”)
Etymology 2
From Old English winn, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winn?, *winnan?; akin to winnen. Reinforced by earlier iwin, from Old English ?ewinn.
Alternative forms
- winn, winne, wynne, wunne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /win/
Noun
win (uncountable)
- benefit, gain, profit
- (Late Middle English) wealth, riches
- (Early Middle English) discord, conflict, turmoil
- (Early Middle English, rare) exertion, work
Descendants
- English: win
References
- “win, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2020.
Etymology 3
Verb
win
- Alternative form of winnen (“to win”)
Etymology 4
Noun
win
- Alternative form of vine (“grapevine”)
North Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?n/
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz.
Noun
win m
- (Mooring) wind
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.
Noun
win m
- (Mooring) wine
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num.
Noun
w?n m
- wine
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: wijn
- Dutch: wijn
- Afrikaans: wyn
- Limburgish: wien
- Dutch: wijn
Further reading
- “w?n”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *w?n from Latin v?num.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi?n/
- Homophone: wynn
Noun
w?n n
- wine
Declension
Derived terms
- æppelw?n
- w?ntr?ow
Descendants
- Middle English: wyn, win, wine, wyne, wijn, vine, vyn, vyne, wyen, weyn, wynne
- English: wine (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: wyne
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?in/
Noun
win f
- genitive plural of wina
Noun
win n
- genitive plural of wino
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English wind.
Noun
win
- wind
Related terms
- winim
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From English wind.
Noun
win
- wind
Derived terms
- big win
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi?n/
Noun
win
- Soft mutation of gwin.
Mutation
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