Accretive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈkɹi.tɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Accretive is an adjective meaning Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Meaning
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Example Sentences
[…] Vegetables spring up from their Mother Earth; and we can no more discern their accretive Motion, then we can their most hidden cause.
The deal, expected to be completed by the summer, would be immediately accretive to cashflow and earnings per share while giving BP an extra 500,000 barrels per day.
There could be no rest-houses for revolt, no dividend of joy paid out. Its spirit was accretive, to endure as far as the senses would endure, and to use each advance as base for further adventure, deeper privation, sharper pain.
Synonyms for accretive
Depending on context, synonyms include increasing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include increasing, accretal, accretional, accumulational, additory, accrementitial.
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