addible

add

 (ăd)

v. add·ed, add·ing, adds

v.tr.

1. To join or combine (numbers) through addition: If you add 5 and 10 and 17, the result is 32. If you add 6 to 8, you get 14.

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 dō- in Indo-European roots.]

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add′a·ble, add′i·ble adj.

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ADD

abbr.

attention deficit disorder

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addible

(ˈædəbəl)

adj

a variant spelling of addable

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

addible - capable of being added or added to   addable additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"

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