amass
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amass
- /əˈmæs/ US, UK
Rhymes with -æs
Where it comes from
From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See mass.
verb amasses · amassing · amassed
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To collect into a mass or heap.
Similar: heap up
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to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
to amass a treasure or a fortune
Similar: accumulate
- To accumulate; to assemble.
Similar: mound, pile, pile up, stack up, amound, collect, gather, hoard, amass, engross, get up, intreasure, niggard, packrat, rathole, squirrel away, uphoard · Opposite: declutter, distribute, unhoard
noun amasses
- A large number of things collected or piled together. [T]his Pillar [the "Compounded Order"] is nothing in effect, but a Medlie, or an Amaſſe of all the precedent Ornaments, making a nevv kinde, by ſtealth, and though the moſt richly tricked, yet the pooreſt in this, that he is a borrovver of all his Beautie.
- The act of amassing. He [the general] must neuer permit the Captaines to depart from the place, where he made the Amasse and collection of the Companies, with their bands out of order or disseuered, although they should depart to some place neere adioyning, vnlesse he were forced by some occasion of great necessity and
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verb to collect into a mass or heap
| Español | amasar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쌓다 ssata, 쌓이다 ssaida |
| 日本語 | 積む tsumu, 積もる tsumoru |
| 中文 | 積聚 /积聚 jījù |
| Português | amontoar |
| Français | amasser, s'amasser |
| Deutsch | ansammeln, zusammensammeln, zusammenklauben, anhäufen |
| Русский | копи́ть kopítʹ, собира́ть sobirátʹ, нака́пливать nakáplivatʹ, собира́ться sobirátʹsja, ска́пливаться skáplivatʹsja, нагроможда́ть nagromoždátʹ |
| العربية | جَمَعَ jamaʕa, حَشَّدَ ḥaššada, رَكَّمَ rakkama |
Talk about this word "amass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/amass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. amass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/amass "amass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/amass.Cite this
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title = {amass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amass},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
