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accumulation

English

Etymology

  • First attested in the late 15th century.
  • accumulate +? -ion, or borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationis. Doublet of accumulatio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?.?kju?m.j?.?le?.??n/
  • Hyphenation: ac?cu?mu?la?tion
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)

  1. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
  2. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
  3. A mass of something piled up or collected.
  4. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
  5. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
  6. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
  7. (Britain, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.

Synonyms

  • (accounting): retained earnings

Antonyms

  • decumulation

Related terms

  • accumulate
  • accumulator

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ky.my.la.sj??/

Noun

accumulation f (plural accumulations)

  1. accumulation (action of accumulating)
  2. accumulation (result of accumulating)

Related terms

  • accumuler

Further reading

  • “accumulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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improvement

English

Alternative forms

  • emprovement (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman emprouwement; synchronically improve +? -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?p?u?vm?nt/
  • Hyphenation: im?prove?ment

Noun

improvement (countable and uncountable, plural improvements)

  1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
    • November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
      I look upon your city as [] the best place of improvement.
    • 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
      Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.
  2. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
    • 1705, Samuel Clarke, Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion
      good improvement of his reason.
    • 1681, John Tillotson, A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Mr Thomas Gouge
      I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
  3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance
  4. Something which is improved
    • The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet.
  5. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
    • Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.
  6. (in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
  7. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.

Synonyms

  • improval, amelioration

Antonyms

  • worsening
  • deterioration
  • disimprovement

Hyponyms

  • self-improvement

Derived terms

  • disimprovement

See also

  • uplift

Translations

References

improvement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English improvement.

Noun

improvement m (invariable)

  1. (rare) improvement
    Synonyms: miglioramento, perfezionamento

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