CUMULATIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does cumulative mean? • CUMULATIVE (adjective)
The adjective CUMULATIVE has 1 sense:
1. increasing by successive addition
Familiarity information: CUMULATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CUMULATIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Increasing by successive addition
Synonyms:
accumulative; cumulative
Context examples:
the benefits are cumulative / the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
Similar:
additive (characterized or produced by addition)
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