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accumulative
adjective ac·cu·mu·la·tive \ə-ˈkyü-m(y)ə-ˌlā-tiv, -lə-\
: growing or increasing over time
Full Definition of ACCUMULATIVE
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: cumulative <an age of rapid and accumulative change>
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First Known Use of ACCUMULATIVE
1647
Related to ACCUMULATIVE
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- accretive, cumulative, additive, conglomerative, incremental
Rhymes with ACCUMULATIVE
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