How do you use the word "accumulate" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "accumulate" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "accumulate": Car windows accumulate frost on winter mornings. We studied the Concordance to Shakespeare to accumulate examples of alliteration.

Accumulate Meaning

/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

verbTo gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.

Sentence Examples

Car windows accumulate frost on winter mornings.

We studied the Concordance to Shakespeare to accumulate examples of alliteration.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

collect gather compile

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

If you don't clean your room, dust will ____ on the shelves over time.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

It is easy to ____ a lot of unnecessary items over the years.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Latin accumulātusbor. Middle English accumylaten English accumulate First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"In these stellar pairings, if the two stars are close together, the white dwarf will siphon mass away from its companion and have an outburst called a nova. And when the white dwarf accumulates too much mass, it will collapse and explode in a supernova." — 2024 August 21, Ashley Strickland, “An unusual object is moving so fast it could escape the Milky Way. Scientists aren’t certain what it is”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:

"Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / Where wealth accumulates, and men decay." — 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, lines 17–18:

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