ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAaccrue
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accrue
Meaning: to accumulate gradually over time
accrue in a sentence
How accrue is used in real sentences:
Unused vacation days accrue throughout the year.
Late fees accrued while the disputed bill remained unpaid.
“As measurements accrue across repeated scans, compression emerged as the likely cause of the supposed wing attachment.”
— from the passage The Bone That Would Not Settle
Synonyms for accrue
Other words for accrue — accumulate, amass and gather — carry the same meaning.
- accumulate
- amass
- gather
Antonyms of accrue
Words that mean the opposite of accrue:
Where it comes from
From Old French acreue, meaning 'growth or increase.'
Memory hook
ACCRUE sounds like 'a crew': a crew grows as members gather.