(v. t.) To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
(n.) A mass; a heap.
Example Sentences:
(1) He numbered the Kennedy family and Ian Fleming, creator of the James Bond thrillers, among his friends and spent millions on amassing a first-class art collection, featuring works by Manet and Monet, as well as Van Gogh.
(2) Once out of the army, he took the advice of Leo Amery that it cost money to have principles in politics, and set about amassing some.
(3) The 40-year-old dentist and businessman has amassed a personal fortune of around half a billion dollars (some 365 million euros) in the past three years alone, according to a report in the Swiss weekly L’Hebdo.
(4) The patient showed many small soft nodules for several years, then they became large, while some of them amassed.
(5) Iran's efforts to replace the breakdown-prone, 1970s vintage IR-1 centrifuge it is now operating at its Natanz and Fordow enrichment plants are closely watched by the west since success could lead to more efficient equipment enabling the country to amass material that could be used for atomic bombs more quickly.
(6) Too distracted by "having it all", western women are failing to breed enough to repel the amassing hordes.
(7) Data were amassed every three days in the spring and summer, and weekly in the fall and winter.
(8) And it is the factional system that allows kingmakers like Obeid to amass power, and to turn that power into ill-gotten wealth.
(9) The museum chief’s remarks followed an agreement signed in Berlin on Monday between Germany and Switzerland which will see Bern taking on several hundred works from the collection – much of which works amassed during the Nazi era and included paintings and drawings by Marc Chagall, Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso.
(10) Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, whose feud with Zuckerberg was portrayed in the fictionalised 2010 film The Social Network , have amassed nearly $11m worth of Bitcoins, according to a report in the New York Times in April.
(11) But voters in 31 states awarded Trump outright victory, and he steadily amassed an unanswerable lead.
(12) Operation Payback Those monitoring the chatrooms used by Operation Payback say its hackers have set aside the sexual allegations, instead concentrating their efforts on amassing greater potency for the next phase of the WikLeaks fightback.
(13) Non-governmental organisations reported scenes of mayhem at the port of Piraeus , where about 5,000 men, women and children amassed.
(14) Although the bulk of knowledge amassed prior to the advent of the electron microscope is amazing, it was, however, only after the biological application of electron microscopy that the morphological evidence of the cardiac elements responsible for the endocrine function of the heart could have been provided.
(15) A petition on the site Change.org started by Iman has amassed more than 725,000 signatures calling for Ghavami’s release.
(16) The nation amassed huge foreign reserves, which underpinned its growth, reflected in a currency that was as strong as the German mark.
(17) They have a joint income of £61,000 and have amassed a deposit of £12,500 but cannot afford to buy a property.
(18) But with students set to amass far greater debts due to rising undergraduate fees, UAL is trying to design courses that give students more time to work, not least because its students also have substantial material costs.
(19) Until a larger body of data is amassed, it was recommended that the air-bone gap for speech be used in conjunction with, not in place of, other audiometric tests.
(20) For many traders, street food is a means to a more conventional end: you start out selling from the back of a van and, if you amass a big enough following, you might end up with a bricks-and-mortar restaurant.
Amess
Definition:
(n.) Amice, a hood or cape. See 2d Amice.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Conservative MP, David Amess, who is also a member of the British parliamentary committee for Iran freedom, this month described the MEK as "oppressed" and "wrongly labelled as terrorist".
(2) Elsewhere in the New Year honours list , a knighthood went to David Amess, a backbench Conservative MP since 1983, and a damehood was given to Anne McGuire, a Labour former minister who has represented Stirling since 1997.
(3) (East Somerton, Norfolk) David Anthony Andrew Amess, MP.
(4) Benefits of a less indulgent nature are offered to the parliamentary slimming group, whose members include Ed Vaizey and David Amess: they are entitled to receive free Slimming World membership, worth £290 a year.
(5) In a response to a question from Tory backbencher David Amess about whether his 100-year-old mother could expect to live to see the report as well as the EU referendum, the Cameron said: “I think I can reassure Maud that this summer she’ll have I think a double opportunity to deal with these things, a referendum on 23 June, and I’m sure the Chilcot report will come not too much longer after that.” Downing Street sources later confirmed that July was the most likely timing for the publication.
(6) October 15, 2013 Tamara Cohen (@tamcohen) David Amess MP tells hustings for dep speaker 'I deplore pomposity and arrogance'.
(7) The last question went to David Amess, a Tory backbencher who never fails to ignore the big issues.
(8) October 15, 2013 Rowena Mason (@rowenamason) Henry Bellingham says he could help put small stain on family reputation right (his ancestor shot former PM in 1812) #deputyspeakerhustings October 15, 2013 Rowena Mason (@rowenamason) David Amess says he deplores bullying, humiliation + pomposity.
(9) Topping the chart is veteran Conservative Peter Bottomley, who is a member of 151 groups; 65 more than fellow Tory David Amess, who is second with 86 memberships.
(10) Adrian Sanders MP Alex Cunningham MP Bob Russell MP David Amess MP John Hemming MP Dr. John Pugh MP Mike Hancock MP Paul Flynn MP Lord Nicolas Rea Baroness Cox of Queensbury Deputy speaker, House of Lords, 1986-2005 Baroness King of Bow Founding chair, APPG on the Great Lakes Lord Hannay of Chiswick UK ambassador to the UN, 1990-1995 Lord Alton of Liverpool Patron, Save the Congo Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Chairman, Conservative party, 1987-89 Lord Joffe of Liddington Lawyer for the 1963-64 Rivonia trial, representing Nelson Mandela Lord Anderson of Swansea Co-founder, Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa
(11) The website working4anMP currently lists unpaid intern vacancies with the Conservative MPs Aidan Burley, David Davis, David Amess, Mark Menzies and Dominic Raab, and the West Thurrock constituency Conservative party.
(12) At the time, David Amess, a Conservative MP, said it would be a bad idea for a bill allowing Whitehall to share information on people who were in debt to public bodies.
(13) Tory MP, David Amess, who chairs the APPHG, said: "The launch of today's inquiry report is a wake-up call for the nation.