Amassment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈmæsmənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Amassment is a noun meaning The act of amassing.
Meaning
The act of amassing.
More Meanings
- (countable) That which is amassed; a large quantity (of something).
Example Sentences
All her energy was devoted to the amassment of a vast fortune.
Through the Internet, we have access to an unprecedented amassment of information.
Empiricism, magpie amassment of cultural detail, produces an ethnographic telephone book.
[Phancy, i.e. imagination, is] but an amassment of imaginary conceptions, praejudices, ungrounded opinions, and infinite Impostures;
Word Forms
- amassments
Synonyms for amassment
Depending on context, synonyms include accumulation, collection.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include accumulation, accummulation, agglomeration, aggregation, garnerage, massing.
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