cumulative

English

Etymology

From cumulate +‎ -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv/, /ˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtɪv/

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Adjective

cumulative (comparative more cumulative, superlative most cumulative)

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
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: Printed [by Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], OCLC 932932554:

     As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original.

   • 1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord

     The argument […] is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative.

   1. (linguistics) Adding one statement to another.

      cumulative conjunctions like and, both…and and as well as

3. That tends to accumulate
4. (finance) Having priority rights to receive a dividend that accrue until paid

Derived terms

• cume

Related terms

• cumulate

Translations

incorporating all data up to the present

• Bulgarian: съвкупен (bg) (sǎvkupen), кумулативен (bg) (kumulativen)
• Czech: kumulativní (cs)
• Dutch: cumulatief (nl)
• Finnish: kumulatiivinen (fi), kasaantuva, kasautuva
• French: cumulé (fr), cumulée (fr)
• German: kumulativ (de), angehäuft (de)
• Greek: αθροιστικός (el) m (athroistikós), συσσωρευτικός (el) m (syssoreftikós)
• Hungarian: kumulatív (hu), göngyölített

• Italian: cumulato (it), cumulata (it), cumulativo
• Maori: tāpiripiri
• Polish: narastający m
• Portuguese: cumulativo
• Russian: совоку́пный (ru) (sovokúpnyj), кумуляти́вный (ru) (kumuljatívnyj)
• Spanish: acumulativo (es), cumulativo (es)
• Tagalog: maragdagin
• Turkish: birikimli

(linguistics) adding one statement to another

• Hungarian: kapcsolatos (hu)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.my.la.tiv/

Adjective

cumulative

1. feminine singular of cumulatif

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Italian

Adjective

cumulative

1. feminine plural of cumulativo