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accumulate

1. verb ACC, FIN money, debts, etc2. verb ED, LAW, SCI acquire (knowledge, information)3. verb MED, SCI (of evidence) mount up4. verb collect (objects)5. verb SCI, MED, ECOL matter, gas, etc
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 1 verb ACC, FIN money, debts, etc
TRANSITIVEcarn verb  c m ucnuasaigh  c m ubailigh verb  c m uhe accumulated considerable wealth rinne sé a shaibhreas
INTRANSITIVEcarn verb  c m ucnuasaigh  c m uher debts are accumulating tá a cuid fiacha ag carnadh
 2 verb ED, LAW, SCI acquire (knowledge, information) TRANSITIVEcnuasaigh  c m ubailigh verb  c m ucruinnigh verb  c m uthey're accumulating evidence tá siad ag bailiú fianaisehe accumulated a lot of knowledge about the company chruinnigh sé go leor eolais faoin gcomhlacht
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3 verb MED, SCI (of evidence) mount up INTRANSITIVEtar chun cinn  c m unew information is accumulating tá eolas nua ag teacht chun cinn, tá eolas nua ag teacht chun solais 4 verb collect (objects) TRANSITIVEcarn verb  c m ubailigh verb  c m ucruinnigh verb  c m uthey've accumulated a lot of books tá go leor leabhar carntha acu 5 verb SCI, MED, ECOL matter, gas, etc INTRANSITIVEbailigh verb  c m ucruinnigh verb  c m u
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you've got to speculate to accumulate

 FIN, informal or humorous ní mór airgead a chaitheamh le hairgead a dhéanamh

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