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cumulative (increasing)
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growing by successive additions
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cumulative — cu·mu·la·tive / kyü myə lə tiv, ˌlā / adj 1: increasing by successive additions 2: tending to prove the same point cumulative testimony 3: following in time Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
cumulative — a. increasing; growing by successive additions; gathering strength as it grows; expressing addition … Dictionary of difficult words
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cumulative — /ˈkjumjələtɪv / (say kyoohmyuhluhtiv) adjective 1. increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions. 2. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive parts or elements. 3. Law a. (of statutes) providing… …
cumulative — cumulatively, adv. cumulativeness, n. /kyooh myeuh leuh tiv, lay tiv/, adj. 1. increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another. 2. formed by or resulting from accumulation or the … Universalium
cumulative — cu•mu•la•tive [[t]ˈkyu myə lə tɪv, ˌleɪ tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions 2) formed by or resulting from accumulation or the addition of successive elements 3) bus of or pertaining to interest or… … From formal English to slang
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