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a·mass
(ə-măs′)v. a·massed, a·mass·ing, a·mass·es
v.tr.
1. To gather together or accumulate a large quantity of (something): amass evidence; amass a fortune.
2. To be the site of (an increasing mass), especially as a result of neglect: How long has the desk been amassing bills?
v.intr.
To come together; collect: troops amassing on the border. See Synonyms at gather.
[Middle English, to accumulate, from Old French amasser, to assemble : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + masser, to gather together (from Latin massa, lump, mass; see mass).]
a·mass′a·ble adj.
a·mass′er n.
a·mass′ment n.
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amass
(əˈmæs)vb
1. (tr) to accumulate or collect (esp riches, etc)
2. to gather in a heap; bring together
[C15: from Old French amasser, from masse mass]
aˈmasser n
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a•mass
(əˈmæs)v.t.
1. to gather for oneself: to amass a fortune.
2. to collect into a mass or pile; gather.
v.i. 3. to come together; assemble: A large crowd amassed for the parade.
a•mass′a•ble, adj.
a•mass′er, n.
a•mass′ment, n.
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amass
Past participle: amassed
Gerund: amassing
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| Verb | 1. |  amass - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" backlog - accumulate and create a backlog accrete - grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion" drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" |
| 2. |  amass - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"run up - pile up (debts or scores) corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" bale - make into a bale; "bale hay" catch - take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater" fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan" fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulation salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
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amass
verb collect, gather, assemble, compile, accumulate, aggregate, pile up, garner, hoard, scrape together, rake up, heap up We didn't enquire as to how he had amassed his fortune.
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amass
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Translations
يَجْمَع، يُكَدِّس
kupitshromažďovat
akkumulere
safna, raka saman
sukaupti
uzkrātvākt
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amass
[əˈmæs] vt [+ wealth, money] → amasser; [+ collection] → amasser; [+ points, goals] → accumuler; [+ evidence] → accumulerto amass a fortune → amasser une fortune
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amass
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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amass
(əˈmӕs) verb to gather or collect in a large quantity. He amassed an enormous quantity of information.
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