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

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

Here are real-life examples of using "accumulation": Her only interest is the accumulation of money. A cloud is an accumulation of water vapour in the sky.

Accumulation Meaning

/əˌkjuːm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

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

Definition

nounThe act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.

nounThe process of growing into a heap or a large amount.

Sentence Examples

Her only interest is the accumulation of money.

A cloud is an accumulation of water vapour in the sky.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

collection accrual accretion

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ of snow on the roof caused the old barn to finally collapse.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ of snow on the roof became a safety concern.

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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accumulātiōder. Middle French accumulationbor. ▲ Latin accumulātiōbor. Middle English acumulacyon English accumulation 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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"At the lowest point, a short length of tunnel was driven alongside the up line, with a cross passage, to serve as a sump and pump house for dealing with any accumulation of water." — 1958 August 26, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 520:

"Accumulation of tiny, positional blunders adds up to a ruptured Kingside." — 1961 April, I. A. Horowitz, “Readers' Games”, in Chess Review:

"After such an accumulation of mistakes in the treatment of lexical items, it comes as no surprise that the section on word formation on p. 133 is equally poor." — 1989 January 26, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 129:

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