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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.
- to find the sum of (often followed by up): Add this column of figures. Add up the grocery bills.
- to say or write further.
- to include (usually followed by in): Don't forget to add in the tip.
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- Journalism. copy added to a completed story.
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- add up to, to signify; indicate: The evidence adds up to a case of murder.
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- add up,
- to make the desired, expected, or correct total: These figures don't add up right.
- to seem reasonable or consistent; be in harmony or accord: Some aspects of the story didn't add up.
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Origin of add
Synonyms
See more synonyms for add on Thesaurus.com1. affix, append, attach, adjoin. 2. total, sum.
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Contemporary Examples
Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
Seeing what they were doing, I was inspired to add my vision to their technique.
Think of it as Game of Thrones—if you subtract the sex and violence and add drunken revelry and singing.
Her new comments will only add to ongoing speculation that the Yorks plan, one day, to remarry.
The economy has begun to add jobs, but the quality of those jobs is an increasing concern.
Historical Examples
"With just a dash of orange bitters in it," another might add.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
We were overjoyed; and I need not add I was very thankful for this good fortune.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
Essentially teachers,--I might add, they were publicists as well as professors.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
I had almost omitted to add, that he was a ladies' haberdasher.
They have claims on the magnanimity and, I may add, on the justice of this nation which we must all feel.
add
- to combine (two or more numbers or quantities) by addition
- (tr foll by to) to increase (a number or quantity) by another number or quantity using addition
- (tr often foll by to) to join (something) to something else in order to increase the size, quantity, effect, or scope; unite (with)to add insult to injury
- (intr foll by to) to have an extra and increased effect (on)her illness added to his worries
- (tr) to say or write further
- (tr foll by in) to include
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- informal an instance of adding someone to one's list of contacts on a social networking site, esp MySpaceThanks for the add!
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See also add up
Word Origin
C14: from Latin addere, literally: to put to, from ad- to + -dere to put
ADD
- attention deficit disorder
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for add
v.
late 14c., "to join or unite (something to something else)," from Latin addere "add to, join, attach, place upon," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + -dere comb. form meaning "to put, place," from dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Meaning "to do sums, do addition" also is from late 14c. Related: Added; adding. To add up "make sense" is from 1942.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
ADD
- attention deficit disorder
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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ADD
- Abbreviation of attention deficit disorder
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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