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cumulative

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Increasing or developing as successive additions or effects build on one another.

The cumulative effect of several small delays pushed the completion date back a week.

Dictionary practice example.

Over several afternoons, the cumulative effect of small sorting improvements became visible in the shop's records as fewer orders needed staff help.