amass

1 collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather]

2 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" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, compile, hoard]

English

Etymology

amasser, amassare, ad + massa. See Mass.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ʌˈmæs/

Verb

1. 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.

   ...he reluctantly returned to the old Nevada mines, there to recruit his health and to amass money enough to allow him to pursue his object without privation. — Doyle

Synonyms

To accumulate; heap up; pile.

Translations

• Portuguese: amontoar

AMASS or amass can mean:-

• To accumulate (transitive): see :Wiktionary:amass
• AMASS is an Autonomous Mobile Acoustic Submarine Simulator, supplied by QinetiQ
• Airport Movement Area Safety System

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