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add

  • verb
  • ăd

To 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.

Other meanings

  1. To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.

  2. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.

Related words

  • addedly
  • coadded
  • preadded
  • unadded
  • add fuel to fire
  • add fuel to the fire
  • add salt to injury
  • addable
  • addible
  • coadd
  • cycloadd
  • misadd

Example sentences

  • “I'll add it to my reading list.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “I don't have anything to add.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Add your name to the list.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "addō" (add, give unto).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “add” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.