add up to

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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.

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add up to

Those percentages add up to about 6,600 transgender or nonbinary students enrolled out of a total of 301,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Let’s do some fun math instead—like how these recommendations from my colleagues might add up to an enjoyable evening for you:

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

In basic terms, your whole squad's salaries have to add up to £6.4m or less.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The lockup expiration on Aug. 6 will add up to 911.5 million shares to the market, roughly doubling the amount that are freed to trade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

While I’d been bringing in a little extra cash babysitting, Brian was cutting other people’s weeds, and Lori had a paper route, it didn’t add up to much.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls