cumulative.
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
Meaning & usage
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions.
That is formed by an accumulation of successive additions. Adding one statement to another.
cumulative conjunctions like and, both…and and as well as
That tends to accumulate.
Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid.
(of evidence, witnesses, etc.) Intended to illustrate an argument that has already been demonstrated excessively.
The state wants to bring in ten blood-spatter experts to testify. Your Honor, that is cumulative testimony.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin cumulātusbor. English cumulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English cumulative From cumulate + -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.
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