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cummulative

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

When referring to an amount or total, cummulative means increasing or growing by the addition of successive amounts or elements.

Example sentence: The cummulative rainfall in the region has reached an all-time high.

Sense 2:

In mathematics, cummulative refers to the cummulative frequency or the sum of the frequencies of all values less than or equal to a given value in a frequency distribution.

Example sentence: The cummulative score of the students in the mathematics test determined their class rank.

Sense 3:

On a local level, cummulative can be used to describe customs, traditions, or events that are specific to a particular community or location.

Example sentence: The town's cummulative celebration for its founding attracts visitors from all around.