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accumulate
verb
Increase in amount by collecting or gathering
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əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
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verb
Increase in amount by collecting or gathering
“Journals are accumulating in my office”
verb
Get or gather together
“I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife”
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Journals are accumulating in my office
The work keeps piling up
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
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