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ACCRUED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accrued mean?
• ACCRUED (adjective)
The adjective ACCRUED has 1 sense:
1. periodically accumulated over time
Familiarity information: ACCRUED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Periodically accumulated over time
Synonyms:
accrued; accumulated
Context example:
accrued leave
Similar:
increased (made greater in size or amount or degree)
Context examples
A range of integers specifying the minimum and maximum number of subjects to be accrued per a specified amount of time.
(Periodic Target Accrual Number, NCI Thesaurus)
A range of integers specifying the minimum and maximum number of subjects to be accrued for the planned activity.
(Planned Activity Target Accrual Number Range, NCI Thesaurus)
A range of integers specifying the minimum and maximum number of subjects to be accrued for the epoch.
(Epoch Target Accrual Number Range, NCI Thesaurus)
A sponsor-approved waiver is necessary when a subject fails to meet enrollment criteria, but wishes to be accrued to the trial.
(Eligibility Waiver, NCI Thesaurus)
A range of integers specifying the minimum and maximum number of subjects to be accrued for the arm.
(Arm Target Accrual Number Range, NCI Thesaurus)
NOTE(S): This may represent the minimum number of subjects needed to support data analysis and/or the maximum number of subjects that may be accrued to this arm.
(Arm Target Accrual Number Range, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
What I want is, that you should write to your sisters and tell them of the fortune that has accrued to them.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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