"accumulation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ə.ˌkjuːm.jə.ˈleɪ.ʃən/ Audio: en-us-accumulation.ogg [US] Forms: accumulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|acumulacyon}} Middle English acumulacyon, {{der|en|frm|accumulation}} Middle French accumulation, {{der|en|la|accumulatio|accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis}} Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis, {{surf|en|accumulate|ion}} By surface analysis, accumulate + ion, {{doublet|en|accumulatio}} Doublet of accumulatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)
  1. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated): натрупване (natrupvane) (Bulgarian), acumulació [feminine] (Catalan), accumulatie [feminine] (Dutch), opstapeling [feminine] (Dutch), opeenhoping [feminine] (Dutch), amasigo (Esperanto), kogumine (Estonian), kuhjumine (Estonian), kertyminen (Finnish), kasaantuminen (Finnish), akkumulaatio (Finnish), kerääntyminen (Finnish), Anhäufung [feminine] (German), συσσώρευση (syssórefsi) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧אגירה⁩ (agirá) [feminine] (Hebrew), ⁧צבירה⁩ (tsvirá) [feminine] (Hebrew), felhalmozás (Hungarian), tiomsú [masculine] (Irish), accumulazione [feminine] (Italian), accumulo [masculine] (Italian), accumulatio [feminine] (Latin), akumulacja [feminine] (Polish), acumulação [feminine] (Portuguese), acúmulo [masculine] (Portuguese), qisa (Quechua), acumulare [feminine] (Romanian), накопле́ние (nakoplénije) [neuter] (Russian), acumulación [feminine] (Spanish), ackumulation (Swedish), ackumulering (Swedish), kraupalñe (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-accumulation-en-noun-xVfZSwyf Disambiguation of 'act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated': 49 12 12 4 9 7 8
  2. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-accumulation-en-noun-Oo7-RfKz
  3. A mass of something piled up or collected. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-accumulation-en-noun-ksik-8pk
  4. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (concurrence of several titles to the same proof): konkurrenssi (Finnish), Konkurrenz [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-accumulation-en-noun-d-rjUjO7 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'concurrence of several titles to the same proof': 0 1 0 96 0 1 1
  5. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Accounting Translations (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings): acumulació [feminine] (Catalan), karttuminen (Finnish), Anhäufung [feminine] (German), ⁧צבירה⁩ (tsvirá) [feminine] (Hebrew), akumulacja [feminine] (Polish), накопле́ние (nakoplénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-accumulation-en-noun-hCUgDBVT Topics: accounting, business, finance Disambiguation of 'continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings': 0 1 1 0 97 1 0
  6. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-accumulation-en-noun-HoociNfp Topics: business, finance
  7. (UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study. Tags: UK, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-accumulation-en-noun-Mly3nx5f Categories (other): British English Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: retained earnings [accounting, finance, business] Derived forms: accumulation point Related terms: accumulate, accumulator

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      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    "ac‧cu‧mu‧la‧tion"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "accumulator"
    }
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    {
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        "The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of growing into a heap or a large amount."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A mass of something piled up or collected."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The concurrence of several titles to the same proof."
      ],
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        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "concurrence",
          "concurrence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Accounting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "accounting",
          "accounting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ],
        [
          "retention",
          "retention"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "savings",
          "savings"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Finance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "asset",
          "asset"
        ],
        [
          "investor",
          "investor"
        ],
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Education"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "education",
          "education"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "historical",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "education"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ə.ˌkjuːm.jə.ˈleɪ.ʃən/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "accounting",
        "finance",
        "business"
      ],
      "word": "retained earnings"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "natrupvane",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "натрупване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acumulació"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accumulatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opstapeling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opeenhoping"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "amasigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "kogumine"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "kuhjumine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "kertyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "kasaantuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "akkumulaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "kerääntyminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anhäufung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syssórefsi",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συσσώρευση"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "agirá",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧אגירה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsvirá",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧צבירה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "felhalmozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiomsú"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accumulazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accumulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accumulatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akumulacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acumulação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acúmulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "qisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acumulare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakoplénije",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "накопле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acumulación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "ackumulation"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "ackumulering"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated",
      "word": "kraupalñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "concurrence of several titles to the same proof",
      "word": "konkurrenssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "concurrence of several titles to the same proof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konkurrenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acumulació"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings",
      "word": "karttuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anhäufung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsvirá",
      "sense": "continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧צבירה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akumulacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nakoplénije",
      "sense": "continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "накопле́ние"
    }
  ],
  "word": "accumulation"
}

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