Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Increasing or enlarging by successive addition.
- adjective Acquired by or resulting from accumulation.
- adjective Of or relating to interest or a dividend that is added to the next payment if not paid when due.
- adjective Supporting the same point as earlier evidence.
- adjective Imposed with greater severity upon a repeat offender.
- adjective Following successively; consecutive.
- adjective Of or relating to the total observed frequency of data, or the probability of a random variable, that is less than or equal to a specified value.
- adjective Of or relating to experimental error that increases in magnitude with each successive measurement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Adding to; increasing the mass, weight, number, extent, amount, or force of (things of the same kind): as, cumulative materials; cumulative arguments or testimony. See below.
- Increasing by successive additions: as, the cumulative action of a force.
- Composed of aggregated parts; composite; brought together by degrees.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.
- adjective Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions.
- adjective Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.
- adjective Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.
- adjective (Med.) that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose.
- adjective a poison the action of which is cumulative.
- adjective (Politics) that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Incorporating all
data up to thepresent - adjective That is formed by
accumulation of successive additions - adjective That tends to
accumulate - adjective finance Having
priority rights to receive a dividend thataccrue until paid
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- adjective increasing by successive addition
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the core of Frey's thoughts on the subject is what he calls the cumulative law of information value.
Impact Lab 2009
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However, long-term cumulative mortality increased from 4.7% to 7.4% over the same period.
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Taking the experience of IRCA as a starting point, we estimate that comprehensive immigration reform would yield at least $1.5 trillion in cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years.
Fernando Espuelas: Want Economic Growth? Legalize 12 Million People Fernando Espuelas 2010
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Taking the experience of IRCA as a starting point, we estimate that comprehensive immigration reform would yield at least $1.5 trillion in cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years.
Fernando Espuelas: Want Economic Growth? Legalize 12 Million People Fernando Espuelas 2010
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Taking the experience of IRCA as a starting point, we estimate that comprehensive immigration reform would yield at least $1.5 trillion in cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years.
Fernando Espuelas: Want Economic Growth? Legalize 12 Million People Fernando Espuelas 2010
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Taking the experience of IRCA as a starting point, we estimate that comprehensive immigration reform would yield at least $1.5 trillion in cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years.
Fernando Espuelas: Want Economic Growth? Legalize 12 Million People Fernando Espuelas 2010
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The study predicted that ultimately the benefits of immigration reform would go beyond pure tax revenue and would yield at least $1.5 trillion in cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years.
Think Progress » Steve King: Immigrants Aren’t ‘Real Americans If They Love Taxes’ 2010
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However, long-term cumulative mortality increased from 4.7% to 7.4% over the same period.
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Taking the experience of IRCA as a starting point, we estimate that comprehensive immigration reform would yield at least $1.5 trillion in cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years.
Fernando Espuelas: Want Economic Growth? Legalize 12 Million People Fernando Espuelas 2010
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Taking the experience of IRCA as a starting point, we estimate that comprehensive immigration reform would yield at least $1.5 trillion in cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years.
Fernando Espuelas: Want Economic Growth? Legalize 12 Million People Fernando Espuelas 2010
shanvrolijk commented on the word cumulative
"“I’m not a sanctimonious reader,” she says, “but I think there’s a cumulative beauty that can be achieved in books that you can’t really get on the internet.”"
Source: What does it mean for a journalist today to be a Serious Reader?
January 22, 2018