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cumulative
What does cumulative mean?
cumulative (adjective): increasing by successive addition.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use cumulative in a sentence?
- The benefits are cumulative. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce cumulative?
/ˈkjumjələtɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cumulative come from?
From cumulate + -ive.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “cumulative” mean?
not divided or shared with others
Not quite: that's what exclusive means.
increasing by successive addition
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distant or otherwise inaccessible
Not quite: that's what remote means.
concerning all parts of the world
Not quite: that's what global means.
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