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add verb (added, adding) 1 (also add something together) to put together or combine (two or more things). 2 (also add something up) a to calculate the sum of two or more numbers or quantities in order to obtain their total value • When we added our money, it was more than we thought. b intrans (also add up) to carry out the process of addition. 3 to say or write something further • They added a remark about the bad weather. added adj additional; extra.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin addere, from ad to + dare to put.
add something in to include it, especially as an extra. add something on to attach it to something else. See also add-on. add something to something else to put them together, so that they are counted or regarded together • We'll add our money to yours. add up colloq to make sense; to be coherent. See also verb 2b above. add up to something to be the equivalent of it or amount to it • It all adds up to a great success. |
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