adding

/ (ˈædɪŋ) /

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noun

an act or instance of addition

adjective

of, for, or relating to addition

(in systemic grammar) denoting a bound clause that qualifies the meaning of an antecedent noun rather than of the sentence as a wholeCompare contingency (def. 4)

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How to use adding in a sentence

When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry.
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Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Also, she was tall and thin, too, further adding to the ways she met the physical beauty conventions.
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“Most people are focused on the holidays anyway,” she continued, before adding something about people liking Cuban sandwiches.
How Will Cuba Play In Peoria?|Eleanor Clift|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For example, since 2011 it has been adding 30 per cent more capacity per year on flights to Puerto Rico.
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This fluid is then heated, adding crystals of sodium acetate until it becomes perfectly clear.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Indeed a child will sometimes complete the drawing by adding feet and hands before he troubles to bring in the trunk (see Fig. 8).
Children's Ways|James Sully
Probably every man, woman and child able to walk was adding to the din in the great city beyond the river.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Harris stood and stared for several minutes without adding anything.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
Can be made from colorless acid by adding a splinter of pine, or allowing to stand in sunlight.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

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