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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
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Contemporary Examples
Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”
Bill Maher: Hundreds of Millions of Muslims Support Attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’Lloyd Grove
January 8, 2015
“Lockheed Martin has a long history of misrepresenting facts,” Wheeler added.
He added, "I have not had this many phone calls since the shutdown of the government, truthfully."
But he added that the tactic ensured all “relevant” topics in the world of politics were back to the world of Paul.
Historical Examples
And oh, sir,” added Stephen, “may we crave a drop of water for our dog?
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
Ye be my guests, ye wot,” he added, “since ye tarried not for meat at Hyde.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
“We hoped to receive counsel from our uncle at Hyde,” added Ambrose.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
“Yet mayhap he might do something for thee, friend Ambrose,” added the armourer.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
"And gargle all his 'r's,'" added the other, very earnestly.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
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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Word Origin and History for added
adj.
"additional," c.1600, past participle adjective from add (v.).
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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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