add up to

1. Amount to, signify, as in The smooth airline connections, luxury hotel, and fine weather added up to the best vacation we'd ever had. [Early 1900s] Also see add up.

Example Sentences

These can add up to 38 hp of electric boost on their own, as well as recover energy from engine braking.

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He’d have maybe 10 years of paying no premium, she speculated, as opposed to paying $2,400 per year for Medigap, which would add up to $24,000.

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Large, bright rooms; lots of chic, blond wood; plus a simple, white-and-beige palette add up to an inescapably upscale vibe.

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"When we went to measure these electron energies very precisely, it didn't quite add up to what we expected assuming they interacted only outside of the nucleus. That told us the difference must be due to electron interactions inside the nucleus."

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These investments add up to billions of dollars and create jobs that foster national talent, or so developing nations hope.

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