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add
1[ ad ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to find the sum of (often followed by up ):
Add this column of figures.
Add up the grocery bills.
Synonyms: ,
- to say or write further.
- to include (usually followed by in ):
Don't forget to add in the tip.
verb (used without object)
noun
- Journalism. copy added to a completed story.
verb phrase
- to signify; indicate:
The evidence adds up to a case of murder.
ADD
2[ ey-dee-dee ]
abbreviation for
- attention deficit disorder: the inattentive subtype of ADHD, usually marked by distractibility and difficulties with executive function.
add
1/ æ /
verb
- to combine (two or more numbers or quantities) by addition
- trfoll byto to increase (a number or quantity) by another number or quantity using addition
- troften foll byto to join (something) to something else in order to increase the size, quantity, effect, or scope; unite (with)
to add insult to injury
- intrfoll byto to have an extra and increased effect (on)
her illness added to his worries
- tr to say or write further
- trfoll byin to include
noun
- informal.an instance of adding someone to one's list of contacts on a social networking site, esp MySpace
Thanks for the add!
ADD
2abbreviation for
- attention deficit disorder
ADD
- Abbreviation of attention deficit disorder
Other Word Forms
- a· i· adjective
- Ļ· adverb
- · verb
- · verb (used with object)
- un·a· adjective
- ܲ·Ļ adjective
- un·i· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of add1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
Example Sentences
"You can take anything that we have that you would like to rehome, we would just like a voluntary contribution in the jar," she added.
He added that Burrows' decision to flee to Thailand increased the anguish suffered by his victims.
A third “evidently directs investigations of educational institutions to focus on racial discrimination against white applicants,” they added.
She added: “There’s no question in my mind that with more workers, more budget, you have more engines running — you’d have better service.”
He added that the fifth body was decomposed and had not yet been identified.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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