accumulate – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of accumulate

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to accumulate
Participle: accumulated
Gerund: accumulating

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iaccumulate
youaccumulate
he;she;itaccumulates
weaccumulate
youaccumulate
theyaccumulate

Perfect

Ihave accumulated
youhave accumulated
he;she;ithas accumulated
wehave accumulated
youhave accumulated
theyhave accumulated

Past

Iaccumulated
youaccumulated
he;she;itaccumulated
weaccumulated
youaccumulated
theyaccumulated

Pluperfect

Ihad accumulated
youhad accumulated
he;she;ithad accumulated
wehad accumulated
youhad accumulated
theyhad accumulated

Future

Iwill accumulate
youwill accumulate
he;she;itwill accumulate
wewill accumulate
youwill accumulate
theywill accumulate

Future Perfect

Iwill have accumulated
youwill have accumulated
he;she;itwill have accumulated
wewill have accumulated
youwill have accumulated
theywill have accumulated

Subjunctive

Present

Iaccumulate
youaccumulate
he;she;itaccumulate
weaccumulate
youaccumulate
theyaccumulate

Perfect

Ihave accumulated
youhave accumulated
he;she;ithave accumulated
wehave accumulated
youhave accumulated
theyhave accumulated

Imperfect

Iaccumulated
youaccumulated
he;she;itaccumulated
weaccumulated
youaccumulated
theyaccumulated

Pluperfect

Ihad accumulated
youhad accumulated
he;she;ithad accumulated
wehad accumulated
youhad accumulated
theyhad accumulated

Conditional

Present

Iwould accumulate
youwould accumulate
he;she;itwould accumulate
wewould accumulate
youwould accumulate
theywould accumulate

Perfect

Iwould have accumulated
youwould have accumulated
he;she;itwould have accumulated
wewould have accumulated
youwould have accumulated
theywould have accumulated

Imperative

youaccumulate
weLet's accumulate
youaccumulate

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam accumulating
youare accumulating
he;she;itis accumulating
weare accumulating
youare accumulating
theyare accumulating

Perfect

Ihave been accumulating
youhave been accumulating
he;she;ithas been accumulating
wehave been accumulating
youhave been accumulating
theyhave been accumulating

Past

Iwas accumulating
youwere accumulating
he;she;itwas accumulating
wewere accumulating
youwere accumulating
theywere accumulating

Pluperfect

Ihad been accumulating
youhad been accumulating
he;she;ithad been accumulating
wehad been accumulating
youhad been accumulating
theyhad been accumulating

Future

Iwill be accumulating
youwill be accumulating
he;she;itwill be accumulating
wewill be accumulating
youwill be accumulating
theywill be accumulating

Future Perfect

Iwill have been accumulating
youwill have been accumulating
he;she;itwill have been accumulating
wewill have been accumulating
youwill have been accumulating
theywill have been accumulating

Conditional

Present

Iwould be accumulating
youwould be accumulating
he;she;itwould be accumulating
wewould be accumulating
youwould be accumulating
theywould be accumulating

Perfect

Iwould have been accumulating
youwould have been accumulating
he;she;itwould have been accumulating
wewould have been accumulating
youwould have been accumulating
theywould have been accumulating

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

accumulate
accrue
—to accumulate over time
gather
to collect in an increasing amount over time
accrue, add up, amound, garner, gather, heap up, mount up, stack up
amass
collect, heap, cumulate, gather, accrue, garner, hive

Antonyms

to collect in an increasing amount over time
decline, decumulate, lose

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
3. Proto-Italic *ad
4. Proto-Italic *ad-
5. Latin ad-
6. Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.?
8. Latin cumulus
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
13. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
14. Proto-Italic *-ājō
15. Proto-Italic *-āō
16. Latin -ō
17. Latin cumulō
18. Latin accumulō
19. Latin accumulātusbor.
20. Middle English accumylaten
21. English accumulate
22. First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler. See: French 'accumuler'.

Verbs referencing "accumulate"

Finnish with old forms akkumuloida, Ido akumular.

Sample Sentences

  • The Patent Office at Washington, furnishes an extraordinary example of American enterprise and ingenuity; for the immense number of models it contains are the accumulated inventions of only five years; the whole of the previous collection having been destroyed by fire. The elegant structure in which they are arranged is one of design rather than execution, for there [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • It was late at night, and Tom lay groaning and bleeding alone, in an old forsaken room of the gin-house, among pieces of broken machinery, piles of damaged cotton, and other rubbish which had there accumulated. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] played with Legree, until he would sooner have put his head into a lion's mouth than to have explored that garret. Meanwhile, in the night, when everybody else was asleep, Cassy slowly and carefully accumulated there a stock of provisions sufficient to afford subsistence for some time; she transferred, article by article, a greater part of her own and Emmeline's wardrobe. All things being arranged, they [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Wealth isn't just about accumulating money. It also means gaining people who genuinely care for us. (Mr. Bachchan)