accumulative

/ə'kju:mjulətiv/

Thân thiện

We live in an accumulative society.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Increasing gradually by successive additions: Describes something that grows or increases through the repeated addition of more of the same thing, where each addition builds upon the previous total.
   • Tending to or resulting from accumulation: Characterized by the act of gathering or amassing things over time, often implying a growing collection or heap.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The accumulative effect of daily exercise over months is improved health and stamina.
  • Her savings grew through the accumulative interest earned each year.
  • The report highlighted the accumulative impact of small policy changes.

Advanced Usage

• "Accumulative knowledge": Refers to knowledge that is built up piece by piece over time.

  • Scientific progress relies on the accumulative knowledge of generations of researchers.

• "Accumulative disadvantage": Describes a situation where small setbacks or inequalities compound over time, leading to a significantly worse outcome.

  • The study examined the accumulative disadvantage faced by students from underfunded schools.

Variants and Related Words

• Accumulate (verb): To gather or collect a growing number or quantity of something over time.
  • Dust tends to accumulate on shelves.
• Accumulation (noun): The process or result of accumulating.
  • The accumulation of snow caused road closures.
• Cumulative (adjective): Often used similarly to "accumulative," emphasizing the increasing total effect of something added together. (Note: "Cumulative" is more common in many contexts).
  • Your final grade is based on the cumulative scores from all tests.

Synonyms

• Cumulative: Increasing by successive additions.
• Aggregative: Tending to aggregate or gather into a mass.
• Additive: Characterized by or produced by addition.

Antonyms

• Diminishing: Becoming smaller or less.
• Dispersive: Tending to spread apart or scatter.
• Subtractive: Involving or producing subtraction.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. marked by acquiring or amassing
   • we live in an accumulative society
2. increasing by successive addition
   • the benefits are cumulative
   • the eventual accumulative effect of these substances

Từ đồng nghĩa

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