accumulation

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 12.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
2. noun The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.

   an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors

3. noun A mass of something piled up or collected.
4. noun The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
5. noun The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
6. noun The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
7. noun The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.

Similar words

accruement accretion accrual collection assemblage aggregation accumulate cumulation stacked buildup

Often followed by

of and in is by was on or at

Word family

accumulate accumulated accumulates accumulating accumulations