cumulatively

«cumulatively» in Mova's school dictionary: taken all together, with each new amount added to the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

Cumulatively means taken all together, with each new amount added to the ones before. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in maths, science and reports: «cumulatively, the team scored 200 goals», «small savings, cumulatively, make a big difference». It tells the reader to think of the total built up over time.

examples

• Cumulatively, we raised £500 over the whole term. tree →
• Each mistake was small, but cumulatively they cost us the game. tree →
• Cumulatively, the rain over the week flooded the field. tree →
• The planets' small pulls, cumulatively, change the comet's path. tree →
• Reading ten minutes a day adds up cumulatively to hours of reading. tree →
• Cumulatively, the class has walked 1,000 km this year. tree →

note

Adjective: cumulative. In maths, «cumulatively» means add all the parts together.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cumulatively» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.