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 up1. 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.]
add a·ble, add i·ble adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | addible - capable of being added or added toadditive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process" |