MEANING
To build up gradually or become due as time passes.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- interest accrues
- benefits accrue
On the page
Interest accrued while the unopened bills gathered on the mantel.
Small advantages accrued to the families closest to the governor.
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Word forms
- Base
- accrue
- Past tense
- accrued
- Past participle
- accrued
- Present participle
- accruing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- accrue
- Present continuous
- am/is/are accruing
- Present perfect
- have/has accrued
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been accruing
- Past
- accrued
- Past continuous
- was/were accruing
- Past perfect
- had accrued
- Past perfect continuous
- had been accruing
- Future
- will accrue
- Future continuous
- will be accruing
- Future perfect
- will have accrued
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been accruing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: accrue; accrues; accrued; accrued; accruing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: accrues.
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