add up to something Definition

add
verb added, adding

1. To put together or combine (two or more things).

Thesaurus: join, attach, include, append, affix, interconnect, abut, combine, couple, juxtapose; Antonym: remove, separate.
Form: add something together (also)
2a. To calculate the sum of two or more numbers or quantities in order to obtain their total value.

Example: When we added our money, it was more than we thought
Thesaurus: total, count, count up, reckon, sum up, compute, calculate, tally.
Form: add something up (also)
intr
2b. To carry out the process of addition.

Form: add something up (also)
Form: add up
3. To say or write something further.

Example: They added a remark about the bad weather

Derivative: added
adj

Additional; extra.
Thesaurus: supplementary, additional, adjunct, extra, increased, new, fresh.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin addere, from ad to + dare to put.

Phrasal Verb: add something in

To include it, especially as an extra.

Phrasal Verb: add something on

To attach it to something else. See also add-on.

Phrasal Verb: add something to something else

To put them together, so that they are counted or regarded together.
Example: We'll add our money to yours

Phrasal Verb: add up

To make sense; to be coherent. See also verb 2b above.

Phrasal Verb: add up to something

To be the equivalent of it or amount to it.
Example: It all adds up to a great success