Definition of CUMULATE

cumulate

Plural: cumulates

Verb

Verb Forms: cumulated, cumulating, cumulates

  • To gather or pile up; to accumulate.
  • collect or gather
  • To accumulate; to amass.
  • To be accumulated.

Adj

  • Accumulated, agglomerated, amassed.
  • Cumulated.

Noun

  • An igneous rock formed by the accumulation of crystals from a magma either by settling or floating.

Examples

  • He managed to CUMULATE a huge score by playing multiple words at once.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin cumulātus, perfect passive participle of cumulō (“to pile up”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Sporadic participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Synonyms

accumulate, amass, conglomerate, gather, pile up, heap up, see Thesaurus:pile up

Scrabble Score: 12

cumulate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cumulate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cumulate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

cumulate: valid Words With Friends Word