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Definition: AMASSING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To accumulate, cumulate, gather or overstock. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To accrue, increase or augment. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To heap, stack or pile. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To treasure or hoard.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Present participle conjugation of the verb amass.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(amass)
1. Collect or gather.[Wordnet].
2. Get or gather together; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis".[Wordnet].
3. To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.[Websters].
4. To collect.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Base verb from the following inflections: amassing, amassed, amasses, amasser, amassers, amassingly and amassedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Amassing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Specialty Definition: AMASSING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of amass. (references)

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Definition: AMASSING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To accumulate, cumulate, gather or overstock. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To accrue, increase or augment. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To heap, stack or pile. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To treasure or hoard.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Present participle conjugation of the verb amass.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(amass)
1. Collect or gather.[Wordnet].
2. Get or gather together; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis".[Wordnet].
3. To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.[Websters].
4. To collect.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Base verb from the following inflections: amassing, amassed, amasses, amasser, amassers, amassingly and amassedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "AMASSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Specialty Definition: AMASSING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Collecting in a heap, or in a large quantity or number.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of amass. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: amass

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField
AMASSEnglishAirport Movement Area Safety SystemN/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Topics by Level of Interest: amass

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