Vocabulary
Accumulate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
Urdu meaning
جمع کرنا، ڈھیر لگانا، انبار،بٹورنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This has allowed ruling elites to accumulate vast offshore assets, as revealed in the various investigative leaks such as the Panama and Pandora Papers.
- This behavior leads to economic devastation, as there is no incentive for the populace to produce or accumulate wealth.
- These individuals use power to accumulate wealth, promote nepotism and cronyism over meritocracy to evade accountability.
- For instance, at what point does the right to accumulate unrestricted property or regenerate capital infringe on the `right to a clean environment`?
- Foreign exchange reserves have begun to accumulate once again and the spectre of default has retreated, for now.
Synonyms
gather, assemble; collect, amass, pile up, stockpile, heap up, run up, rack up
Curator example
“investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence”
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