cumulate
verb
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Cumulate and its far more common relative accumulate both come from the Latin word cumulare, meaning "to heap up." Cumulare, in turn, comes from cumulus, meaning "mass." (Cumulus functions as an English word in its own right as well. It can mean "heap" or "accumulation," or it can refer to a kind of dense puffy cloud with a flat base and rounded outlines.) Cumulate and accumulate overlap in meaning, but you're likely to find cumulate mostly in technical contexts. The word's related adjective, cumulative, however, is used more widely.
Examples of cumulate in a Sentence
Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The album was rolled out in four parts, with the final release cumulating all installments.
—Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The view of many economists and financial market analysts is that the current rate cut, relatively insignificant in itself, predicts the future trend in rate cuts which will eventually cumulate to produce a more substantial impact.
—George Calhoun, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
An Ohio town took celebrating the total solar eclipse to a level above barbecues and tailgates on Tuesday, instead hosting one huge eclipse party that cumulated in over 100 marriages and vow renewals.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
Kononenko cumulated the days in space over several missions.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 June 2024
Mary Walrath-Holdridge An Ohio town took celebrating the total solar eclipse to a level above barbecues and tailgates on Tuesday, instead hosting one huge eclipse party that cumulated in over 100 marriages and vow renewals.
—USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
In France, the sentences can’t be cumulated even if there are dozens of victims.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
The series also lured 3 million views online in just eight days and has now cumulated 5.2 million views to date on France Televisions’ VOD platform.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Cumulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cumulate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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