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ADD
abbr.
attention deficit disorder

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.

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

adda·ble, addi·ble adj.

add up
vb (adverb)
1. (Mathematics) to find the sum (of)
2. (intr) to result in a correct total
3. (intr) Informal to make sense
4. (intr; foll by to) to amount to
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.add up - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
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 upadd up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
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 upadd up - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
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
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
Translations
? add up
vt sepzusammenzählen or -rechnen
vi
(figures etc)stimmen; (fig: = make sense) → sich reimen; it’s beginning to add upjetzt wird so manches klar; it all adds up (lit)es summiert sich; (fig)es passt alles zusammen
to add up to (figures)ergeben; (expenses also)sich belaufen auf (+acc); that all adds up to a rather unusual state of affairsalles in allem ergibt das eine recht ungewöhnliche Situation; it doesn’t add up to much (fig)das ist nicht berühmt (inf)

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