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- Dictionaryamass/əˈmas/
verb
- 1. gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things) over a period of time: "he amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds"
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to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period: She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Collecting and amassing. accumulate. agglomerate. aggregation. amass. assemble.
1. : to collect for oneself : accumulate. amass a great fortune. 2. : to collect into a mass : gather. must select rather than simply amass details. intransitive verb. : to come together : assemble. Dark clouds amassed over the city. amasser noun. amassment. ə-ˈmas-mənt. noun. Synonyms. accumulate. assemble. bulk (up) collect. concentrate.
to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period: She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Collecting and amassing. accumulate. agglomerate. aggregation. assemble. bunch.
Amassed definition: gathered, collected, or accumulated, usually over time or from different sources. See examples of AMASSED used in a sentence.
to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period: She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels. Some of his colleagues envy the enormous wealth that he has amassed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Collecting and amassing. accumulate. agglomerate. aggregation. amass. assemble.
1. To gather together or accumulate a large quantity of (something): amass evidence; amass a fortune. 2. To be the site of (an increasing mass), especially as a result of neglect: How long has the desk been amassing bills? v.intr. To come together; collect: troops amassing on the border. See Synonyms at gather.
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own: to amass a huge amount of money. Synonyms: accumulate. to collect into a mass or pile; gather: He amassed his papers for his memoirs. Synonyms: aggregate, assemble. verb (used without object) to come together; assemble: crowds amassing for the parade. amass. / əˈmæs / verb.
