cumulative

About 7.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
2. adjective That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions. Adding one statement to another.

   cumulative conjunctions like and, both…and and as well as

3. adjective Adding one statement to another.

   cumulative conjunctions like and, both…and and as well as

4. adjective That tends to accumulate.
5. adjective Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
6. adjective Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.

   The state wants to bring in ten blood-spatter experts to testify. Your Honor, that is cumulative testimony.

Similar words

accumulative additive compounding cumulation accrual accrued accumulation build-up accumulate aggregate

Often followed by

effect distribution effects frequency and probability voting total index

Word family

cumulatively cumulativeness cumulativenesses