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verb (used with object)
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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.
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to find the sum of (often followed by up): Add this column of figures. Add up the grocery bills.
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to say or write further.
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to include (usually followed by in): Don't forget to add in the tip.
verb (used without object)
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to perform the arithmetic operation of addition: children learning to add and subtract.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
noun
Verb phrase7.
Journalism. copy added to a completed story.
8.
Idiomadd up to, to signify; indicate: The evidence adds up to a case of murder.
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add up,
a.
to make the desired, expected, or correct total: These figures don't add up right.
b.
to seem reasonable or consistent; be in harmony or accord: Some aspects of the story didn't add up.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English adden < Latin addere, equivalent to ad- ad- + -dere to put (combining form; see do1)
1325–75; Middle English adden < Latin addere, equivalent to ad- ad- + -dere to put (combining form; see do1)
Related forms
add·a·ble, add·i·ble, adjective
add·ed·ly, adverb
mis·add, verb
re·add, verb (used with object)
un·add·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. affix, append, attach, adjoin. 2. total, sum.
1. affix, append, attach, adjoin. 2. total, sum.
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add
late 14c., 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.
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Medical Dictionary
ADD abbr.
attention deficit disorder
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Science Dictionary
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Abbreviation of attention deficit disorder |
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