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accumulation
English
Etymology
- First attested in the late 15th century.
- accumulate +? -ion, or borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationis. Doublet of accumulatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?kju?m.j?.?le?.??n/
- Hyphenation: ac?cu?mu?la?tion
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)
- The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
- The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
- A mass of something piled up or collected.
- (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
- (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
- (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
- (Britain, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
Synonyms
- (accounting): retained earnings
Antonyms
- decumulation
Related terms
- accumulate
- accumulator
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin accumulatio, accumulationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ky.my.la.sj??/
Noun
accumulation f (plural accumulations)
- accumulation (action of accumulating)
- accumulation (result of accumulating)
Related terms
- accumuler
Further reading
- “accumulation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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congregation
English
Etymology
From Old French congregacion, from Latin congreg?ti?, itself from congreg? (“to herd into a flock”). Adopted c. 1340, by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Ancient Greek ???????? (ekkl?sía, “those called together, (popular) meeting”) (hence Latin eccl?sia) in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k???????e???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k???????e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: con?gre?ga?tion
Noun
congregation (countable and uncountable, plural congregations)
- The act of congregating or collecting together.
- A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).
- A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.
- A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
- Any large gathering of people.
- A group of eagles.
- (Britain, Oxford University) The main body of university staff, comprising academics, administrative staff, heads of colleges, etc.
Derived terms
- congregational
- congregationalism
Related terms
- congregant
- congregate
- congregator
- gregarious
Translations
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