amass
中文解釋
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Collins Definition
Verb
amasses, 3rd person singular present; amassing, present participle; amassed, past tense; amassed, past participle;
/əˈmas/,
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amasses, 3rd person singular present; amassing, present participle; amassed, past tense; amassed, past participle;
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Gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of valuable material or things) over a period of time
- - starting from nothing he had amassed a huge fortune
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(of people) Gather together in a crowd or group
- - the soldiers were amassing from all parts of Spain
Web Definitions:
- accumulate: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
- roll up: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
- 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
- (amassed) brought together into a group or crowd
- To gather together; accumulate; pile up.
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