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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 51Թ Forms
- a· i· adjective
- Ļ· adverb
- · verb
- · verb (used with object)
- un·a· adjective
- ܲ·Ļ adjective
- un·i· adjective
51Թ 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
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival posted its set times for both of its weekends, with a fresh smattering of Millennial guitar rock added.
Rubio, in a statement on Saturday, added that the US will also block any arriving citizens of South Sudan, the world's newest country, at US ports of entry.
He adds that job worries and financial concerns, along with relationship problems, are a big driver in the high suicide rates seen among men.
The 40-year-old added: "It is something we probably think about most days, if not every day."
He said that firefighters are "working very hard in tough conditions to protect the properties which are closest to the fire", adding that the operation will likely continue into Sunday morning.
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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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