cumulative

Definition

Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.

Etymology

From cumulate + -ive. Compare also French cumulatif, Italian cumulativo and Spanish cumulativo.

Example Sentences

• "As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original."
• "The argument […] is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative."
• "cumulative conjunctions like and, both…and and as well as"