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–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance: to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter; to add insult to injury. |
| 2. | to find the sum of (often fol. by up): Add this column of figures. Add up the grocery bills. |
| 3. | to say or write further. |
| 4. | to include (usually fol. by in): Don't forget to add in the tip. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to perform the arithmetic operation of addition: children learning to add and subtract. |
| 6. | to be or serve as an addition (usually fol. by to): His illness added to the family's troubles. |
–noun
—Verb phrase| 7. | Journalism. copy added to a completed story. |
| 8. | add up to, to signify; indicate: The evidence adds up to a case of murder. |
| 9. | add up,
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ADD
| attention deficit disorder. |
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| add (ād) v. add·ed, add·ing, adds v. tr.
add up
Idiom(s): add up toTo constitute; amount to: The revisions added up to a lot of work. [Middle English adden, from Latin addere : ad-, ad- + dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.] add'a·ble, add'i·ble adj. |
| ADD abbr. attention deficit disorder |
| attention deficit disorder n. Abbr. ADD A syndrome, usually diagnosed in childhood, characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness, a short attention span, and often hyperactivity, and interfering especially with academic, occupational, and social performance. |
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Add
Add\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] [L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. Date, Do.]1. To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). The Lord shall add to me another son. --Gen. xxx. 24. 2. To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. --Milton. As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. --Locke. 3. To append, as a statement; to say further. He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. --Macaulay. Syn: To Add, Join, Annex, Unite, Coalesce. Usage: We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole. We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuos connection. We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body. We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle. Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization. To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce.Add
Add\, v. i. 1. To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. "I will add to your yoke." --1 Kings xii. 14. 2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
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Language Translation for : add
Spanish:
añadir,
German:
hinzufügen,
Japanese:
加える
add
c.1374, from L. addere "add to, join" from ad- "to" + -dere comb. form meaning "to put, place," from dare "to give" (see date (1)). To add up "make sense" is from 1942. Add-on "additional component" is from 1941.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: add
Function: abbreviation
adduction; adductor
Main Entry: ADD
Function: abbreviation
attention deficit disorder
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ADD abbr.
attention deficit disorder
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| ADD
Abbreviation of attention deficit disorder |
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