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amass

/əˈmæs/verb

उच्चारण अमैस

(धन, जानकारी) जमा करना, एकत्र करना, ढेर लगाना

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verb
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    [T] ~ sth

    to collect a large quantity of something, especially money or information, over a period of time

    (धन, जानकारी) जमा करना, एकत्र करना, ढेर लगाना

    • He amassed a fortune in the cloth trade.
    • The police amassed enough evidence to arrest the whole gang.
    • Over thirty years, the museum amassed a collection of over ten thousand coins.
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    • She amassed a huge following on social media within a year.
    • The scientists amassed data from more than fifty villages.

    Synonyms accumulate gather collect pile up hoard

    Opposite disperse spend scatter squander

≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

a·mass

With one a before the double s (not 'ammass' or 'amas'); from mass, a large quantity.

दो s से पहले एक a ('ammass' या 'amas' गलत है); mass, बड़ी मात्रा, से।

§Grammar and usage

Keep the collect-words together: amass (a large quantity, over time), accumulate, gather, hoard (secretly, often for oneself).

जमा करने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: amass (बड़ी मात्रा, समय के साथ), accumulate, gather, hoard (चुपके से, प्रायः अपने लिए)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Amass a fortune, amass wealth, amass evidence.

Collocations: amass a fortune (बहुत धन जमा करना), amass wealth (दौलत इकट्ठी करना), amass evidence (सबूत जुटाना)।