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Definition: Amass |
AmassVerb1. Collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up". 2. Get together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amass" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AMASS | English | Airport Movement Area Safety System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AmassSynonyms: accumulate (v), collect (v), compile (v), conglomerate (v), cumulate (v), gather (v), hoard (v), pile up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assemblage | Assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate; (store); collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion. |
Store | Verb: store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save. |
Whole | Verb: form a whole, integrate, embody, amass; aggregate; (assemble); amount to, come to. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Amass |
| English words defined with "amass": Amassing ♦ To collect one's self. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "amass": Adopted ♦ Brick ♦ Cars ♦ Horse ♦ Mattress, Mettre de la Paille dans ses Souliers ♦ Ostrich ♦ Swelling ♦ Turkey ♦ Victim. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "amass": Amassette. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What else can he do? Do you have any idea what I would do with his abilities? The wealth, the power he could amass. It's unimaginable (Smallville; writing credit: Richard Pinto; Sharat Sardana) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Amass" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 76.92% of the time. "Amass" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 76.92% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.46% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.69% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.92% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "amass" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Amass | Last name | 130 | 66,058 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "amass": amass by robbery. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
amass | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "amass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | grumbulloj (accumulate, amalgamate, assemble, clamp, collect, compile, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, get together, heap, hoard, mass, pile, pool, rally, stack, unite), bëj pirg (clamp, Hill). (various references) | |
Arabic | كوم (accumulate, bank, heap, heap up, hill up, jam, lumber, pile, pile up, rake, scrape, stack, stick, tamp, tumble), كدس (accumulate, cumulate, get together, heap, heap up, overstock, pile, pile up, stack), جمع (accumulate, add, addition, aggregate, ally, assemblage, assemble, band, be gathered, cast, collect, collecting, collection, combination, combine, compile, compose, congregate, connecting, corral, embody, fund, gather, gathering, glean, go berrying, grouping, herd, ingathering, joining up, lump, marshal, muster, pickup, piece together, pile, pile up, pool, put together, raise, rake, rally, reap, round up, scratch, scratch together, stack, sum, sum up, summation, summing up, tot, total, totalize, unite, uniting). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | събирам (accumulate, add, add together, add up, aggregate, assemble, bring together, call forth, call together, club, collect, compile, congregate, cumulate, drum up, embody, enlist, foot, furl, garner, gather, get together, harvest, lump, lump together, mass, muster, muster up, pin down, pull together, punch, raise, rake, rake together, rake up, rally, reassemble, reunite, round up, run up, scare up, sum, sum up, swoop, total, totalize, whip in), струпвам (gather, load, lumber, mass, rake together, rake up), натрупвам (accumulate, agglomerate, bank, congest, cumulate, deck, garner, heap, huddle, lumber, pile, pyramid, shovel up, stack, store). (various references) | |
Chinese | 累积 (Accretion, Accrue, Accrued, Accruing, Accumulative, Amassed, Amassing, Cumulated, Cumulating). (various references) | |
Czech | shromáždit (assemble, bunch together, compile, congregate, gather, rally, round up), nakupit (heap up, pile up), hromadit (agglomerate, heap up, hoard up, pile up). (various references) | |
Dutch | stapelen (accumulate, heap, pile up, stack), ophopen (accumulate, heap, pile up, stack), opeenhopen (accumulate, heap, pile up, stack). (various references) | |
Esperanto | amasigi (heap, pile up, stack). (various references) | |
Farsi | متراکم کردن (Condense, Inflame, Jam), گرداوردن (Assemble, Collect, Compile, Troop), توده کردن (Aggregate, Cumulate, Heap, Hill, Lump, Pack, Pile, Ruck, Shock, Stack, Stockpile). (various references) | |
Finnish | koota (assemble, collect, gather, hoard up, lay up, store up), kerätä (assemble, collect, gather, pick up), kasata (accumulate, heap, pile). (various references) | |
French | entasser. (various references) | |
German | anhäufen (accumulate, aggregate, cluster, cumulate, hoard, hoarding, lay up, pile, to accumulate, to amass, to cluster, to conglomerate, to cumulate). (various references) | |
Greek | συσσωρεύω πλούτη, συσσωρεύω (accumulate, agglomerate, conglomerate, cumulate, heap, hoard, mass, pile), συγκεντρώνω (band, bring together, center, centralize, centre, collect, concentrate, consolidate, focalize, focus, focus on, get together, get together 2, marshal, muster, summon up), αποθησαυρίζω. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לערום (accumulate, heap, pile, stack), לא'ור (accumulate, collect, gather, hoard, lay up, stash, stock up, store), לצבור (accumulate, collect, gather, heap up, pile up, rake, stack, stash, store). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felhalmoz (accumulate, aggregate, bulk, clump, cumulate, heap, heap up, hoard, lay up, mass, pile up, stack, to accumulate, to agglomerate, to aggregate, to ball, to clump, to engross, to heap, to heap up, to hive, to hoard, to hoard up, to lay up, to lumber, to pile on, to pile up, to treasure, to treasure up), összevon (come together, mass, rally, to close up, to contract, to rally), összegyûjt (accumulate, assemble, converge, hive, hoard, pile up, rally, round up). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menimbun (accumulate, bond, cumulate), mengumpulkan (agglomerate, aggregate, annunciate, gather). (various references) | |
Italian | ammucchiare (bank, heap, huddle, lump, pile, pile up, shovel, stack), ammassare (accumulate, bank, bulk, crowd together, gather together, heap, hoard, lump, mass, pile up, stack), accumulare (accumulate, gather, heap, hoard, pile, pile up, rack up, run up, store), radunare (assemble, collect, convene, gather, group, muster, rally, recollect, round up). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 財"'"える (to amass wealth), "'成す (to amass a fortune), 築く (to amass, to build, to pile up), 築く (to amass, to build, to pile up), 溜める (to accumulate, to amass). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ためる (to accumulate, to amass, to correct, to cure, to falsify, to save, to straighten), きずく (memory, recollection, remembrance, to amass, to build, to pile up), さ"'なす (to amass a fortune). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amassay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | amontoar (accumulate, bank, clamp, clump, conglomerate, cram, crowd, heap, hill, lump, mound, pack, pile, pile up, stack), acumular (accumulate, bank, build up, coffer, collect, combine, congest, cumulate, fund, heap, jam, load, mass, mound, pack, pile up, stack, stash, stuff). (various references) | |
Romanian | aduna (abstract, accumulate, add, add up, assemble, call, cast up, collect, concentrate, congregate, crowd, deduce, engross, foot-up an account, forage, garner, gather, glean, harvest, heap, huddle up, ingather, jam, lay in, lump, muster, pack, pick up, pile, pile up, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, scoop up, sum, take up, tot, total, troop), acumula (accumulate, agglomerate, augment, garner, heap, hoard, pile, stockpile, store), tezauriza (hoard, treasure), strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, assemble, bind, call, chuck, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), capitaliza (accumulate, capitalize), îngråmådi (accumulate, heap, pile up, stack), înghesui (accumulate, bay, beat a path, corner, cram, crib, crowd, heap, jam, jostle, nip, pack, pile up, squeeze, stack, stuff). (various references) | |
Russian | собирать (assemble, build up, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, cull, erect, gather, get together, levy, make up, pick, pick up, raise, scoop in, scoop up), накоплять (heap, pile). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skupiti (aggregate, assemble, collect, congregate, constrict, contract, gather, lay up, levy, pucker, raise, rake, shrink, treasure), nakupiti, nagomilati (accumulate, aggregate, collect, garner, heap, hill, hoard, lay up, pile, pile up, stock, stock up, stockpile). (various references) | |
Spanish | amontonar (bank, bulk, heap, heap up, hoard, hoard up, huddle, lumber, lump together, pile, pile up, Rick, stack, stack up). (various references) | |
Swedish | hopa (accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, cumulate, heap up). (various references) | |
Turkish | yığmak (accumulate, agglomerate, bank up, cast up, clump, clutter, clutter up, congest, conglomerate, drift, dump, heap up, Hill, lay up, lump, mass, pack, pile, pile on, pile up, put up, roll up, shake down, stack, stock), toplamak (accumulate, add, add together, add up, agglomerate, aggregate, assemble, beat up, bring together, build, call in, cast up, clear away, club, collect, combine, compile, concentrate, congest, congregate, consolidate, convene, cull, fold down back, furl, gather, gather up, glean, hand-pick, harvest, heap up, herd, hive, hive up, hoard, huddle, impound, lay up, levy, mass, muster, pack, pick, pick up, pluck, raise, rake together, rally, reckon up, recover, recruit, reunite, round up, scoop up, smarten up, sum up, summon, summon up, tot up, total, totalize, treasure, treasure up, turn out), biriktirmek (accumulate, collect, gather, keep back, lay aside, lay by, put aside, put away, put by, roll up, salt, save, set apart, set by, setaside, treasure up). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яygnanmak (be collected). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скупчуватися (accumulate, agglomerate, collect, congest, conglomerate, crowd, flock, huddle, throng), накопичувати (accumulate, cumulate, gather, heap, heap up, hoard, hoard up, pile up, put aside, save), збиратися (agglomerate, assemble, band, be about, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, get ready, get together, make ready, meet, muster, pick oneself up, rally), збирати (agglomerate, assemble, bag, canvass, carry, collect, compile, congregate, convene, convoke, cull, gather, gather in, levy, make up, muster, pick, pick in, summon, win). (various references) | |
Welsh | tyrru (crowd together, heap), pentyrru (accumulate, heap, pile), cronni (accumulate, collect, dam, hoard), casglu (accumulate, collect, gather, infer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | accumulo, collecta, collectae, collectam, collecti, collectis, collecto, collectos, collectum, collectus, collegerimus, collegeris, collegerunt, collegi, collegissent, collegisset, collegisti, collegit, colleximus, collexistis, colligam, colligant, colligas, colligat, colligatis, colligatur, colligebant, colligebat, colligendas, colligendi, colligendum, colligens, colligent, colligentem, colligentes, colligentur, colligere, colligerent, colligeret, colligeris, colliges, colligesque, colliget, colligetur, colligimus, colligit, colligite, colligitur, colligo, colligunt, colliguntur, confecta, confectaeque, confectum, confectus, confici, conficiat, conficiente, conficiet, conligare, construatur, constructa, constructum, construens, construxerunt, construximus, construxitque, cumulare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ecclesiastes Chapter 2, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti tw anqrwpw tw agaqw pro proswpou autou edwken sofian kai gnwsin kai eufrosunhn kai tw amartanonti edwken perispasmon tou prosqeinai kai tou sunagagein tou dounai tw agaqw pro proswpou tou qeou oti kai ge touto mataiothV kai proairesiV pneumatoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Homini bono in conspectu suo dedit Deus sapientiam et scientiam et laetitiam peccatori autem dedit adflictionem et curam superfluam ut addat et congreget et tradat ei qui placuit Deo sed et hoc vanitas et cassa sollicitudo mentis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | To a good man in his siyte God yaf wisdam, and kunnyng, and vnderstonding; to the synnere forsothe he yaf tormenting, and wast bisynesse, that he adde, and gedere togidere, and take to hym that shal plesen to God; but and this vanite, and wast besynesse of mynde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For God giveth to a man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth toil, to gather, and to amass, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind. |
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| Language | Ecclesiastes Chapter 2, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | Kay sa tawo nga makapahimuot kaniya, ang Dios nagahatag ug kaalam, ug kahibalo, ug kalipay; apan sa makasasala, siya nagahatag ug kasakit, aron tigumon ug pundokon, aron ihatag kini niadtong nagapahimuot sa Dios. Kini usab kakawangan man ug mao ang paghakop ug hangin. |
| Croatian | Mudrost, spoznaju, radost on daruje onom tko mu je po volji, a grešniku nameæe zadaæu da sabira i skuplja za onoga tko je po volji Bogu. I to je ispraznost i pusta tlapnja. |
| Danish | Thi det Menneske, som er godt i hans Øjne, giver han Visdom, Kundskab og Glæde; men den, som synder, giver han Slid med at samle og ophobe for så at give det til en, som er god i Guds Øjne. Også det er Tomhed og Jag efter Vind. |
| Dutch | Want Hij geeft wijsheid, en wetenschap, en vreugde den mens, die goed is voor Zijn aangezicht; maar den zondaar geeft Hij bezigheid om te verzamelen en te vergaderen, opdat Hij het geve dien, die goed is voor Gods aangezicht. Dit is ook ijdelheid en kwelling des geestes. |
| Finnish | Sillä hän antaa ihmiselle, joka on hänelle otollinen, viisautta, tietoa ja iloa; mutta syntiselle hän antaa työksi koota ja kartuttaa annettavaksi sille, joka on otollinen Jumalalle. Sekin on turhuutta ja tuulen tavoittelua. |
| French | Car il donne l`homme qui lui est agréable la sagesse, la science et la joie; mais il donne au pécheur le soin de recueillir et d`amasser, afin de donner celui qui est agréable Dieu. C`est encore l une vanité et la poursuite du vent. |
| German | Denn dem Menschen, der ihm gefällt, gibt er Weisheit, Vernunft und Freude; aber dem Sünder gibt er Mühe, daß er sammle und häufe, und es doch dem gegeben werde, der Gott gefällt. Darum ist das auch eitel und Haschen nach dem Wind. |
| Hungarian | Mert kicsoda ehetnék és élhetne gyönyörûségére rajtam kivül? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah memberikan hikmat, pengetahuan dan kebahagiaan kepada orang yang menyenangkan hati-Nya. Tetapi orang berdosa disuruh-Nya bekerja mencari nafkah dan menimbun hasilnya untuk diserahkan kepada orang yang menyenangkan hati Allah. Jadi, semuanya itu sia-sia seperti usaha mengejar angin. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena kepada orang yang baik di hadapan hadirat-Nya dikaruniakan-Nya hikmat dan pengetahuan dan kesukaan, tetapi kepada orang yang berdosa diberikan-Nya percintaan dan syugul dalam mengumpulkan dan menghimpunkan, supaya diberikan-Nya kepada orang yang baik di hadapan hadirat Allah; maka ini juga perkara yang sia-sialah adanya dan yang memenatkan hati. |
| Italian | Egli concede a chi gli è gradito sapienza, scienza e gioia, mentre al peccatore d la pena di raccogliere e d'ammassare per colui che è gradito a Dio. Ma anche questo è vanit e un inseguire il vento! |
| Maori | Ki te tangata hoki e pai ana ki to te Atua aroaro e homai ana e ia he whakaaro nui, he matauranga, he koa; ki te tangata hara ia e homai ana e ia he raruraru, ki te kohikohi, ki te amene mea mai, hei hoatutanga mana ki te tangata e pai ana ki to te Atua aroaro. He horihori ano hoki tenei, he whai i te hau. |
| Norwegian | For det menneske som tekkes ham, gir han visdom og kunnskap og glede; men synderen gir han den umak å sanke og samle for å gi til den som tekkes Gud; også dette er tomhet og jag efter vind. |
| Portuguese | Porque ao homem que lhe agrada, Deus dá sabedoria, e conhecimento, e alegria; mas ao pecador dá trabalho, para que ele ajunte e amontoe, a fim de dá-lo quele que agrada a Deus: Também isso é vaidade e desejo vão. |
| Rumanian | Cqci El dq omului plqcut Lui knyelepciune, wtiinyq wi bucurie; dar celui pqcqtos ki dq grija sq strkngq wi s`adune, ca sq dea celui plqcut lui Dumnezeu! Wi aceasta este o dewertqciune wi goanq dupq vknt. |
| Swedish | Ty åt den människa som täckes honom giver han vishet och insikt och glädje; men åt syndaren giver han besväret att samla in och lägga tillhopa, för att det sedan må tillfalla någon som täckes Gud. Också detta är fåfänglighet och ett jagande efter vind. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "amass": amassed, amasser, amassers, amasses, amassing, amassment, amassments. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "amass": camass. (additional references) | |
Words containing "amass": camasses. (additional references) | |
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"Amass" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aacs, aams, aasd, aass, abass, adaws, Agass, agmas, ahas, akas, Akast, alass, Amacis, Amals, amans, amas, amasa, amase, amash, amask, amasse, amast, amates, amaz, Ambasz, amessy, amias, amis, Amises, amish, ammasse, amosa, Amosis, Ampsys, amraams, Amsa, amus, amuss, amyses, anaes, anais, anas, anast, anaus, Bamissi, emass, emiss, enmass, imas, imass, jamaats, jamas, jameses, jamis, maas, maass, Maassi, macass, omas, Raamses, Uamhas, umas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "amass" (pronounced uma"s) |
| 3 | -m a" s | mass, Masse. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: massa. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-m-s-s" | |
-1 letter: amas, mass. | |
-2 letters: aas, ama, ass, mas. | |
-3 letters: aa, am, as, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-m-s-s" | |
+1 letter: admass, camass, massas, sambas, samosa, shamas. | |
+2 letters: ahimsas, amassed, amasser, amasses, amusias, asarums, ashrams, asramas, asthmas, balsams, camases, camisas, damasks, massage, matrass, matsahs, miasmas, plasmas, salaams, salamis, samaras, sambars, samosas, sampans, samsara, sarcasm, satsuma, shamans, shammas, stasima, yasmaks. | |
+3 letters: abomasus, admasses, amassers, amassing, ambsaces, amesaces, amidases, amnesias, amylases, anosmias, atavisms, baalisms, basmatis, camasses, camisias, chiasmas, dadaisms, fantasms, gamashes, glassman, lambasts, lampases, landmass, madrases, malaises, maltases, mansards, mantissa, marascas, marasmus, marsalas, marshals, mascaras, massacre, massaged, massager, massages, mastabas, mattrass, misassay, mosasaur, moussaka, salesman, sambhars, sambucas, samovars, samsaras, samurais, sarcasms, sarcomas, satanism, satsumas, savagism, seamarks, shammash, siamangs, smaragds, smartass, staminas, stramash, tamashas, yashmacs, yashmaks. | |
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