add up

ADD

abbr.

attention deficit disorder

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add  (d)

v. add·ed, add·ing, adds

v.tr.

1. To combine (a column of figures, for example) to form a sum.

2. To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope: added 12 inches to the deck; flowers that added beauty to the dinner table.

3. To say or write further.

v.intr.

1. To find a sum in arithmetic.

2.

a. To constitute an addition: an exploit that will add to her reputation.

b. To create or make an addition: gradually added to my meager savings.

Phrasal Verb:

add up

1. To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: The witness's testimony simply did not add up.

2. To amount to an expected total: a bill that didn't add up.

3. To formulate an opinion of: added up the other competitors in one glance.

Idiom:

add up to

To constitute; amount to: The revisions added up to a lot of work.

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[Middle English adden, from Latin addere : ad-, ad- + dare, to give; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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adda·ble, addi·ble adj.

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add up

Verb

1. to calculate the total of (two or more numbers or quantities)

2. Informal to make sense: there's something about it that doesn't add up

3. add up to to amount to

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	add up - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" amount, come become, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" aggregate - amount in the aggregate to
	2.	add up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, total, sum, sum up, tally, add add together, add - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!" count, numerate, enumerate, number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
	3.	add up - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" number, total, amount, come work out - be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" outnumber - be larger in number average, average out - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" make - add up to; "four and four make eight"
	4.	add up - be reasonable or logical or comprehensible make sense be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"