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[ adjective ] increasing by successive addition

Synonyms

accumulative

Examples

"the benefits are cumulative" "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

It is not enough in accounting_for this feeling to analyze it into the wickedness of individual people added together to produce a cumulative effect .

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

Without losing the distinctive undertow of Brahmsian rhythm , the pacing is firm and the over-all performance has a tightly_knit quality that makes_for maximum cumulative effect .

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

Thus , although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative , and many_of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant , the basic purpose of American economic_policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign_exchange .

Related terms

additive

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Rhymes with

speculative communicative imaginative regulative stimulative accumulative consultative manipulative palliative figurative talkative causative positive relative narrative restorative putative contemplative pejorative additive punitive collaborative initiative executive informative provocative uninformative exploitative expletive consecutive curative laxative prerogative fugitive formative diminutive accusative normative illustrative appreciative evocative superlative initiative generative vituperative remunerative degenerative uncooperative alliterative operative inoperative recuperative sedative tentative negative narrative nutritive indicative commemorative imitative primitive argumentative preventative preservative representative deliberative imperative rep alternative uncompetitive unimaginative comparative oversensitive acquisitive determinative demonstrative unrepresentative sensitive decorative noncompetitive fixative qualitative vegetative ultraconservative rehabilitative meditative lucrative authoritative affirmative derivative interpretive competitive intuitive tentative secretive corroborative insensitive neoconservative conservative prohibitive productive collective reproductive facultative nonproductive selective counterproductive unproductive corroborative elucidative accommodative supportive adoptive adaptive combative legislative inattentive substantive photoconductive abortive locomotive investigative protective conductive automotive innovative prognosticative assertive corruptive assaultive elective attentive eruptive contraceptive plaintive seductive eruptive captive presumptive disruptive productive unattractive refractive cognitive attractive connective administrative addictive appointive destructive obstructive constructive reconstructive additive instructive octave active distributive affective reflective fugitive directive exploitive irrespective introspective prospective retrospective detective reactive hyperactive adjective overactive nonnative interactive retroactive furtive native motive infinitive proactive inactive primitive hypersensitive repetitive competitive digestive derivative definitive combative sensitive inquisitive insensitive protective collaborative cooperative unreceptive deceptive receptive effective radioactive

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

cumulatively cumulate cum_laude

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