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cumulative

/ˈkjumjələtɪv/

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What does cumulative mean?

adjective

  1. Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
  2. That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
  3. Adding one statement to another.
More meanings (3)

adjective

  1. That tends to accumulate.
  2. Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
  3. (of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkjumjələtɪv/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
During it I felt not only the heart-sick disappointment of the moment, but the cumulative unhappiness of the years to come.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354
More book examples (3)
Frosts are recurrent phenomena reasonably certain to occur within given dates, and, as pointed out above, the cumulative losses are considerable.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987
But let him make sure that the system he adopts is cumulative and truly permanent, and not merely stimulating and temporary.
Cyril G. (Cyril George) HopkinsThe Farm That Won't Wear OutProject Gutenberg ebook #4525
In any case we may regard the smallest spots as the initial stages of variation, the larger as a cumulative summation of these.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909