amassed; amassing; amasses

transitive verb

1
: to collect for oneself : accumulate
amass a great fortune
2
: to collect into a mass : gather
must select rather than simply amass details

intransitive verb

: to come together : assemble
Dark clouds amassed over the city.
amasser noun
amassment noun

Examples of amass in a Sentence

They've amassed a wealth of information. amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive
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She’s amassed more than 130 theater, television and film credits. Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 The first season aired on YouTube, with the first ep having amassed 14 million views via the Sidemen YouTube channel, which has 21.8 million subscribers while the group have nearly 150 million subs between them. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024 As of Thursday, the TikTok video had amassed over 16.9 million views, 3.9 likes and 7,059 comments. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Known for her viral and jaw-dropping dance solo on Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour, Honey amassed millions of likes and views via social media for her performance. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for amass 

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French amasser, from a- (from Latin ad-) + masser to gather into a mass, from masse mass

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of amass was in the 15th century

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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amass. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

amass

verb
: to collect into a mass : accumulate
amasser noun

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