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[ verb ] collect or gather
Synonyms Examples "Journals are accumulating in my office" "The work keeps piling up" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)We shall return to these statements and deal with them more fully as the evidence for them accumulates . |
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[ verb ] get or gather together
Examples "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife" "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis" "She rolled up a small fortune" Used in print (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Proprietorships should get the tax_advantages now accruing to corporations , e._g. the chance to accumulate capital so vital for growth . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)In the field of the social_sciences a considerable fund of tested knowledge has been accumulated that can be used to good advantage . (The Department of State: A Fresh Look at the...)But he takes his bearings from the great guidelines of policy , well established precedents , the commitments of the United_States under international charters and treaties , basic statutes , and well understood notions of the American people about how we are to conduct ourselves , in policy literature such_as country papers and National_Security_Council papers accumulated in the Department . Related terms store run_up lump scrape fund corral bale catch fund accumulation collection compilation |
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[ verb ] get or bring together
Examples "accumulate evidence" Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)With lower levels , thyroid hypertrophy and increased thyroid blood flow enable the thyroid to accumulate a larger proportion of the daily intake of iodine . |
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