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Definition of accumulative adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

accumulative

adjective

NAmE//əˈkyumyəˌleɪt̮ɪv//

, NAmE//əˈkyumyəˌlət̮ɪv//

(formal)

growing by increasing gradually the accumulative effects of pollution compare cumulative

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