Antonyms for accumulates


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-kyoo-myuh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkyu myəˌleɪt


Definition of accumulates

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare "to heap up" (see accumulation). Related: Accumulated; accumulating.
  • verb gather or amass something
Example sentences :
  • It's not much time, but it accumulates, in one year, thirty days!
  • Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
  • No pinholes or defacements on the walls, none of the litter that accumulates.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • Their claims to precedence, however, consist not in their wealth, but in that which accumulates the wealth.
  • Extract from : « Humanity in the City » by E. H. Chapin
  • I turn it, and watch the sand as it accumulates in the lower half of the glass.
  • Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • If you don't spend your allowance, I suppose it accumulates?
  • Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books--Volume 14--Philosophy and Economics » by Various
  • But memory preserves and accumulates these separate incidents.
  • Extract from : « Reconstruction in Philosophy » by John Dewey
  • Here, in the heart of the doomed city, it accumulates and destroys.
  • Extract from : « The Sanitary Evolution of London » by Henry Lorenzo Jephson
  • It is false that he accumulates money; he has never touched what comes to him as regent.
  • Extract from : « The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr » by Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
  • Their purpose is to let out air, which accumulates in the radiator.
  • Extract from : « Mechanical Devices in the Home » by Edith Louise Allen
  • It accumulates, accumulates, and one day it must discharge itself.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of John Brown » by Stephen Graham

Synonyms for accumulates

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