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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


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