Synonyms of the word accretion


ACCRETIONACCUMULATION - ADDITION - GAIN - GROWTH - HERITAGE - INCREASE - INCREMENT - INHERITANCE

accretion

  • n. The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession…
  • n. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
  • n. Something added externally to promote growth the external growth of an item.
  • n. Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
  • n. (biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
  • n. (geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
  • n. (law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of…
  • n. (law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same…

accumulation

  • n. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
  • n. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
  • n. A mass of something piled up or collected.
  • n. (law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
  • n. (accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
  • n. (finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is…

addition

  • n. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
  • n. Anything that is added.
  • n. (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
  • n. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
  • n. (law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.",…
  • n. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

gain

  • prep. (obsolete) Against.
  • adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
  • adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
  • adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
  • adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
  • adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
  • adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
  • adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
  • n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
  • n. What is gained.
  • n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
  • v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
  • v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
  • v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
  • v. (transitive) To increase.
  • v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
  • v. (transitive) To reach.
  • v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
  • v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
  • v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
  • n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…

growth

  • n. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
  • n. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
  • n. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
  • n. (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

heritage

  • n. An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
  • n. A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families…
  • n. A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
  • n. (attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

increase

  • v. (intransitive) (of a quantity) To become larger.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
  • v. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
  • v. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
  • n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  • n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
  • n. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

increment

  • n. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
  • n. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
  • n. The amount of increase.
  • n. (rhetoric) An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever…
  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

inheritance

  • n. The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  • n. (countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
  • n. (biology) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
  • n. (programming, object-oriented programming) In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts…

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