Meanings
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verbadd (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added)
present singular third person adds · participle present adding · participle past added · past added · first person past singular added · archaic present second person singular addest · past second person singular added · archaic past second person singular addedst · present singular third person adds · archaic present singular third person addeth · past singular third person added · past plural added · past subjunctive added · participle present adding · participle past added
- To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
to add numbers
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[…]as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLCI could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations.
2022 August 7, Alec Wilkinson, “Could learning algebra in my 60s make me smarter?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023Synonyms: add up
- transitiveTo give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
The Lord shall add to me another son.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 30:241 more example
Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLCSynonyms: bestow
- transitiveTo append (e.g. a statement); to say further information.
He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax
1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 371 more example
"Bless your dear heart," she said, "I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas." Then she added, "But, if I do, you must give me the Golden Cap."
1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC - intransitiveTo intensify; to augment; to increase.
It adds to our anxiety.
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I will add to your yoke
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:14Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.[…]Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.
2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3 - intransitivevideo gamesTo summon minions or reinforcements.
Typically, a hostile mob will add whenever it's within the aggro radius of a player.
- Internettransitivevideo gamesTo add someone as a friend.
nounadd (plural adds)
plural adds
- broadcastingThe addition of a song to a station's playlist.
In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist.
2006, David Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, page 3701 more example
Effectiveness of their work is measured by the number of “adds” they receive on the airplay charts of major trades.
2013, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, From Demo to Delivery - computerAn act or instance of adding.
List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).
2004, C. K. Birdsall, A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation, page 75 - video gamesAn additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.
When the player has fought the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.
ADD2
noun
- abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of attention deficit disorder.
It’s used to treat people who have ADD but is also abused by huge amounts of people who don’t have ADD and just want to focus. I tried microdosing it this week to see if it would help kick my brain into gear.
2019 August 5, Arwa Mahdawi, “Self-hypnosis, amphetamines? I tried eight hacks in my quest to be more productive”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019 - abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of accidental death and dismemberment.
Accidental Death and Dismemberment (ADD)
1997, Philippine Financial Almanac, Ventures Unlimited, page 1255 more examples
Although not sought by QuesTech, the dismemberment portion of the policy was nonetheless issued as an integral part of Hartford’s standard ADD policy.
1989, West's Federal Supplement, volume 713, page 958ADD Insurance: Also known as Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy, […]
1989, David Frangiamore, How Insurance Companies Settle Cases, James Publishing, pages 4–110You represent that the ADD Plan was established in 1987 to provide accidental death and disemberment insurance to ALPA members and certain ALPA employees.
1993, Pension Plan Guide, Transfer Binder, Commerce Clearing House, page 871Life plus accidental death and dismemberment; disability income; in-hospital indemnity; major medical; ADD/250 high-limit coverage accidental loss of life, limbs, sight, speech, or hearing.
March, 1997, American Bar Association Journal, page 444We do not endorse a particular provider of ADD insurance.
2003, Program Director’s Handbook, volume 21 / 29, AmeriCorps, page 12Synonyms: AD&D
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
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verbTo sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
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verbTo give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
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verbTo perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
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nounInitialism of accidental death and dismemberment.
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antonym(s) of “quantity”
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antonym(s) of “matter”
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna condition characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation
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attention deficit disorderattention deficit hyperactivity disorderADHDhyperkinetic syndromeminimal brain dysfunctionminimal brain damageMBD
verbmake an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
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verbmake an addition by combining numbers
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verbdetermine the sum of
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinaddō“add, give unto”
- Middle Englishadden
- Englishadd
From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek προστίθημι, προστίθημι
- προστίθημι (prostíthēmi)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- προστίθημι (prostíthēmi)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- προστίθημι (prostíthēmi)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Arabic جَمَعَ, أَضَافَ
- جَمَعَ (jamaʕa)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- أَضَافَ (ʔaḍāfa)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- أَضَافَ (ʔaḍāfa)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- أَضَافَ (ʔaḍāfa)to add someone as a friend
Basque gehitu, gehitu
- gehituto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- gehituto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- erantsito make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Bulgarian прибавям, сумирам
- прибавям (pribavjam)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- сумирам (sumiram)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- добавям (dobavjam)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- прибавям (pribavjam)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- разширявам (razširjavam)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Catalan sumar, afegir
- sumarto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- afegirto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- afegirto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Chinese Cantonese 加
- 加 (gaa¹)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
Chinese Mandarin 加, 加
- 加 (jiā)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- 加 (jiā)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- 加 (jiā)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- 添 (tiān)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- 添加 (tiānjiā)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Czech sečíst, dodat
- sečístto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- dodatto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- doplnitto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- přidatto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Danish lægge sammen, addere
- lægge sammento perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- addereto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- tilføjeto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- tilføjeto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Dutch optellen, toevoegen
- optellento perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- toevoegento append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- toevoegento make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Esperanto adicii, aldiri
- adiciito perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- aldirito append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- aldonito append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- aldonito make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Estonian lisama, lisama
- lisamato append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- lisamato make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Finnish laskea yhteen, summata
- laskea yhteento perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- summatato perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- lisätäto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- lisätäto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
French additionner, faire une addition
- additionnerto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- faire une additionto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- ajouterto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- additionnerto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- ajouterto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- sommerto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
German addieren, hinzufügen
- addierento perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- hinzufügento append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- hinzufügento make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- zugebento make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Greek αθροίζω, προσθέτω
- αθροίζω (athroízo)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- προσθέτω (prosthéto)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- προσθέτω (prosthéto)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Hebrew חיבר, הוסיף
- חיבר (khibér)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- הוסיף (hosíf)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- הוסיף (hosíf)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Hindi जोड़ना, जोड़ना
- जोड़ना (joṛnā)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- जोड़ना (joṛnā)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Hungarian összead, hozzátesz
- összeadto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- hozzáteszto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- hozzáadto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- hozzáfűzto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- kiegészítto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- hozzáteszto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- hozzájárulto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- növelto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Icelandic leggja saman, bæta við
- leggja samanto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- bæta viðto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- bætato make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- bæta viðto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- addato add someone as a friend
Indonesian tambah, tambah
- tambahto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- tambahto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- menambahto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Italian sommare, addizionare
- sommareto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- addizionareto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- aggiungereto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- aggiungereto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Japanese 足す, 加える
- 足す (tasu)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- 加える (kuwaeru)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- 追加する (tsuika suru)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Korean 더하기하다, 덧셈하다
- 더하기하다 (deohagihada)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- 덧셈하다 (deotsemhada)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- 합산(合算)하다 (hapsanhada)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- 덧붙이다 (deotbuchida)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- 부연(敷衍)하다 (buyeonhada)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- 부연(敷演)하다 (buyeonhada)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- 더하다 (deohada)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- 늘리다 (neullida)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- 보태다 (botaeda)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- 추가(追加)하다 (chugahada)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Latin addere, addo
- addereto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- addoto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- addoto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Latvian pielikt, pievienot
- pieliktto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- pievienotto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
Lithuanian pridėti
- pridėtito make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Malay tambah, tambah
- tambahto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- tambahto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- tambahto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- campurto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Norwegian addere, legge til
- addereto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- legge tilto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Persian افزودن
- افزودن (afzudan)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
Polish dodać, dodawać impf dodać
- dodaćto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- dodawać impf dodaćto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- dodawaćto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- dodaćto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Portuguese somar, adicionar
- somarto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- adicionarto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- acrescentarto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- adicionarto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- adicionarto add someone as a friend
Romanian aduna, adăuga
- adunato perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- adăugato append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- adăugato make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Russian прибавля́ть, приба́вить
- прибавля́ть (pribavljátʹ)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- приба́вить (pribávitʹ)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- добавля́ть (dobavljátʹ)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- доба́вить (dobávitʹ)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- добавля́ть (dobavljátʹ)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- доба́вить (dobávitʹ)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Slovak sčítať, doplniť
- sčítaťto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- doplniťto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- pridaťto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Spanish aditar, añadir
- aditarto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- añadirto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- apostillarto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- añidirto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- sumarto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- aditarto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- añadirto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- allegarto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- añidirto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- sumarto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Swedish addera, summera
- adderato perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- summerato perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- lägga ihopto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- tilläggato append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- lägga tillto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- adderato make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- tillägato make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Tagalog dagdagan, idugtong
- dagdaganto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- idugtongto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- dagdaganto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- magdagdagto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- dagdaginto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Thai บวก, รวม
- บวก (bùuak)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- รวม (ruuam)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- เสริม (sə̌əm)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- เพิ่มเติมto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- เพิ่ม (pə̂əm)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Turkish eklemek
- eklemekto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
Ukrainian додава́ти, дода́ти
- додава́ти (dodaváty)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- дода́ти (dodáty)to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- додава́ти (dodaváty)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- дода́ти (dodáty)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- додава́ти (dodaváty)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- дода́ти (dodáty)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Urdu جوڑنا, جوڑنا
- جوڑنا (joṛnā)to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- جوڑنا (joṛnā)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Vietnamese cộng, nói
- cộngto perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up
- nóito append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- thêmto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- nói thêmto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- thêm thắtto append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on
- thêmto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Welsh ychwanegu
- ychwaneguto make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
Yiddish צוגעבן, צולייגן
- צוגעבן (tsugebn)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
- צולייגן (tsuleygn)to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on
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