cumulative

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to the total amount or sum of something.

• adjective

  Gradually increasing or accumulating something.

• noun

  A statistical method of calculating the total amount or sum of something over a period of time.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with cumulative
accumulate , aggregate , contemplate , collectible , compensate , deplete , elucidate , estimate , evaluate , explicate , generate , implicate , intimate , legitimate , magnify , mediate , mitigate , multiply , palliate , participate , proliferate , promulgate , replicate , sublimate , supplicate , transcribe

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Variants

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cumulative , cumulatively , cumulativeness , cumulativenesses , cumulative distribution function , cumulative distribution functions , cumulative effect

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'cumulare', meaning 'to heap up'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'cumulative' is derived from the Latin word 'cumulare', which means 'to heap up'.

2. In finance, the term 'cumulative dividends' refers to the total amount of dividends paid out to shareholders over a period of time.

3. In mathematics, the cumulative sum of a sequence of numbers is the sum of the first number, the sum of the first and second numbers, the sum of the first, second, and third numbers, and so on.

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1. Accumulation: The process of gradually increasing or collecting something over time.

2. Sequence: A set of numbers or values arranged in a specific order.

3. Sum: The total amount of something.

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Quotes

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1. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the "cumulative" force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.

   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,"Self-Reliance",{"source"=>"in {it}Essays{/it}", "aqdate"=>"1841"}

2. They began looking at the "cumulative" effect of stress and realized that, while there might have been an incident that finally triggered the madness, a series of previous events had lowered the soldier's emotional resistance.

   - Michael Fleming and Roger Manvell,{it}Psychology Today{/it},July 1987

3. … Game Boy, which first came out in 1989 as a monochrome handheld toy, has become the most successful of all of the systems, reaching "cumulative" sales of 110 million units to date …

   - N'gai Croal,{it}Newsweek{/it},28 May 2001

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Culture

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The term 'cumulative' has been used extensively in various fields, including mathematics, finance, and statistics. In mathematics, the term is used to describe the sum of a sequence of numbers. In finance, it refers to the gradual increase in value of an investment over time. In statistics, cumulative distribution functions are used to analyze the probability distribution of a dataset.

How to Memorize "cumulative"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pile of objects gradually growing larger and larger over time.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'cumulative' with the idea of something gradually increasing or growing.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'CUMULATE' to remember the definition: 'C' for 'cumulative', 'U' for 'understanding', 'M' for 'meaning', 'U' for 'useful', 'L' for 'learning', 'A' for 'accumulating', 'T' for 'totally', and 'E' for 'essential'.

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