Tools: Learn New Words | Secure Password Generator | Startup Tools | PDF Generator

Summate (Verb)

Form or constitute a cumulative effect.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Naysayers argue that each small change to an ecosystem might seem insignificant, but they summate over time and can lead to drastic effects on the environment.
The stress from working multiple jobs may seem manageable in a short period but can summate over the years and dramatically impact one's mental health.
Years of consuming high-cholesterol food may seem harmless, but the cholesterol can summate in arteries, causing health complications.
When scientists test for the effects of microplastics in water, they also consider how small quantities might summate over time to exacerbate issues.
These 'microaggressions' might be minor on their own but tend to summate over the years and form profound influences on an individual's worldview and mental state.

Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The survey will help summate the total number of people in the region, including rural and urban areas.
We need to summate the students from both schools to get the total number of graduates in the county.
To get the total annual rainfall in the area, you would summate the rainfall averages for each month.
The researchers attempted to summate the estimated populations of all the animal species in the forest.
The statistical software can summate the test scores from the entire class to give you an average.