amassment

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{n} a heap, collection, pile or piling up
An amassing; a heap collected; a large quantity or number brought together; an accumulation
{i} accumulation; gathering
The act of amassing
amass
{v} to heap up, collect together, gather
Amass
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"
Amass
collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
amass
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
amass
A mass; a heap
amass
{f} hoard; pile; gather
amass
If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it. How had he amassed his fortune? = accumulate, accrue. if you amass money, knowledge, information etc, you gradually collect a large amount of it (amasser, from masser )
amassment

    Hyphenation

    a·mass·ment

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    Etymology

    [ &-'mas ] (verb.) 15th century. Middle French amasser, from Old French, from a- + masser to gather into a mass, from masse mass.
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