accumulate meaning
EN
[əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt] [ə.ˈkjum.jə.ˌleɪt] - VerbSGaccumulatesPRaccumulatingPT, PPaccumulatedSUF-ate
- (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
- He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.
- (intransitive) To grow or increase in quantity or number; to increase greatly.
- (transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass.
- Adjective
- (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
- (poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- MTX is actively accumulated in the liver where it is metabolized and stored in polyglutamated form, thus decreases folate levels by the inhibition of dihydrofolate reductase [ 5 ].
- Using targeted drug delivery systems such as immunoliposomes that accumulate selectively in designated target cell types, the dosage of rapamycin may potentially be optimized.
- Furthermore, by TEM, we found that the ultramicrostructure accumulated a significant amount of fat.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of accumulate in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en accumulated
- en accumulates
- en accumulateth
- fr accumulateur
- en accumulatest
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "accumulate" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.