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/ad/, U.S. /æd/ 1. † c. transitive. With to or unto. To bestow (an additional quality, factor, etc.) on a person. Obsolete.† e. intransitive. Scottish. To deliver an addition (addition n. 1b) on a passage of scripture. Cf. exercise v. 7. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To join (something) to something else so as to increase the amount, size, importance, etc.; to put in as an additional element or ingredient. Frequently with to. Cf. superadd v. 1.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xii. 32 What y comaunde to þe þat oonly do þou to þe Lord ne adde [L. addas] þou eny þyng ne lasse.
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. ix. l. 2303 Lat vs..þan adden reuerence to suffisaunce and to power.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Hosea xiii. 2 And now thei addiden [c1384 E.V. puttiden to; L. addiderunt] to do synne, and maden to hem a ȝotun ymage.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 98 (MED) God hath haddyd ssorwe to sorwe.
a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 320/6 God addit to his lyf xv ȝeris.
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 6v If ye adde equall thinges to equall thinges: the whole shalbe equall.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. vi. 27 Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his stature? View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. iv. 70 I need not adde more fuell to your fire. View more context for this quotation
1654 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) 556 In his Schoole..he added Catechising, and also expounded the Creed, and the ten Commandements.
1757 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society (ed. 2) 30 Add to the Account those Skirmishes which happen in all Wars.
1774 W. Gostling Walk Canterbury xxxi. 136 There [is]..some failing in the south-west pillar, and..care has been..taken to prevent any ill consequences of it by adding stretchers of stone-work on all sides to stiffen it.
1830 H. Angelo Reminisc. (new ed.) I. 327 To add more than triple to his income.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 235 Yet this grief Is added to the griefs the great must bear.
1897 Daily News 17 Feb. 2/7 They had increased their staff of steamboats by adding the twin-screw Connemara.
1903 Rep. Kansas State Board Agric. 1901–2 II. 63 Fifty per cent. can be added to the value if pure-bloods only are used in the northern half of this territory.
1933 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 88/1 (advt.) Rutland Patching Plaster... In handy packages. Just add water and use.
1975 A. Price Our Man in Camelot viii. 147 Mosby closed his eyes for a moment, adding these new facts to those in the dossier Harry Finsterwald had shown him.
2004 Family Handyman Mar. 8 It's easier to add backer board than to try to cut the drywall over studs.
b. transitive. to add faith to [compare classical Latin addere fidem, Middle French, French ajouter foi (12th cent. in Old French)] : to give credence to; to believe or make believable. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > believe [verb (intransitive)]
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to give credit to something1533
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to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)1870
?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton ii. sig. fiiijv Thou oughtest not euer to byleue that that men sayen and reporten to the ne to adde feythe to hit.
1560 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salve (1561) 406 Iudas repented & confessed his sinne,..but..because he added not faith vnto his repentaunce, confession and satisfaction, all was in vaine.
1680 P. Belon tr. S. Brémond Pilgrim 116 All this did seem so ridiculous unto the Governour, and to Donna Barbara, that in lieu of adding faith unto it, they did believe that he was crack-brain'd.
1733 in tr. Anc. Accts. India & China Remarks 66 It is not very natural to suppose that these Combs..should combine into..Heaps of such Bulk that a small Vessel might have been laden therewith; nay, a Number of Ships, if we can add Faith to the Report of a French Captain.
1823 G. Nelson Jrnl. 5 June in J. S. H. Brown & R. Brightman Orders of Dreamed (2004) ii. 105 Tho' I did certainly both hear and see [some activity attributed to the dead owner of a house], several times this winter,..yet I do not feel much inclined to add faith to this assertion of Davy's.
1956 C.F. Romanus & R. Sunderland Stilwell's Command Probl. i. i. 42 Adding faith to this estimate were the circumstances of complete U.S. air superiority over the Hukawng-Mogaung valleys..and the host of friendly Kachin informants.
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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give in addition > give by way of increased possession
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1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxxvijv He is streghte and righte and neadeth to be no moare shaven: he is full fascioned lyke Christe and can have no moare added vnto him.
1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) Rev. xxii. 18 God shall adde vnto him the plages that are wrytten in this boke.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. vi. 33 All these things shalbe added vnto you. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 16 Posterity may know who added the part of helpful Onesiphorus to this Paul in bonds.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation liii. 532 Who seemed by the special will of God to be added to the Queen in those most difficult times.
d. intransitive. With to. To make something greater or more extensive; esp. to make a feeling, quality, etc., more powerful or intense; to increase, augment, enlarge.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (intransitive)]
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1533 T. Elyot Of Knowl. Wise Man iv. f. 85v If thou doest hit wyllyngely, thou knoweste the price, If thou addest to angre, thou doubleste thy peyne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 103 My gracious Lords, to adde to your laments..I must informe you of a dismall fight. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 62 When Autumn weighs The Year, and adds to Nights, and shortens Days. View more context for this quotation
1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 315 The excellence of our Constitution,..would invite great Numbers over to us, exceedingly add to our Power and Strength.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xvi. 165 The man a father..cast first on the one, then on the other; and now-and-then an overclouded brow, adding to our aukwardness.
1830 Workingman's Gaz. (Woodstock, Vermont) 1 Dec. 78/2 They have added to the comfort and happiness of those, whose scanty pittance would hardly allow them to enjoy the luxuries of Thanksgiving dinner.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 316 The sense of playing with an element [sc. fire] which can be so terrible adds to the zest of the spectacle.
1919 Times 23 Dec. 6/2 The Minister of Transport has added to the confusion of wagon users by neglecting to make any definite statement on the subject.
1975 J. Wambaugh Choirboys xi. 234 See, I don't add to his thrill by bracing him and threatening him or any a that shit.
2005 Independent 22 Sept. 11/4 Publicity about the anti-bacterial properties of manuka honey from New Zealand,..has added to its appeal.
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1598 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 163 Sundrie..[ministers] oft absent, otheris nocht making the exercise, nor adding thairto.
1649 Rec. Inverness in W. Mackay Rec. Presbyteries Inverness & Dingwall (1896) 163 Mr. George Monro to add the first day of meitting.
1709 W. Steuart Coll. & Observ. Church Scotl. i. x. 56 That Act appoints all Absents to be censured, especially those that should Exercise and Add.
1896 W. Mackay Rec. Presbyteries Inverness & Dingwall Introd. p. xxviii The meeting of Presbytery was opened with prayer, after which a member ‘exercised’ and another ‘added’ on a text from Scripture.
f. transitive. Horse Racing. Of a racing association, etc.: to make a further financial contribution to the stakes (stake n.2 3a.). See added money n. at added adj. Compounds.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > increase stake
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1816 Racing Cal. 1815 XLIII. 15 The Old Stakes of 10 gs. each, with 20 gs. added.
1835 Racing Cal. 1834 109 A subscription of 20 sov. each, with 100 added from the Racing-fund.
1934 Times 18 Oct. 5/4 The Cesarewitch Stakes, a handicap, of 25 sovs. each, with 1,000 sovs. added.
1967 Times 13 June 15/3 All six races are sponsored, and have a thousand pounds added to the sweepstakes.
2. transitive. Frequently with that clause or direct speech as object. To say or write in addition; to go on to say; to say as a further remark. Also †intransitive: to say something further (obsolete). Cf. superadd v. 2.
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the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)]
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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > in addition
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xv. 3 And Abram addide [L. addidit], to me forsoþ þou hast not ȝeue seed.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 501 Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte And this figure he added eek ther to.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Luke xix. 11 He addide and seide a parable.
a1475 (a1447) O. Bokenham Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 21 (MED) Þe seide kynge Aluredus addid [L. superadjecit] þer-to the lawe Englyssh.
a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 44 (MED) Oon of his chambrelayns..addid and saide as that noon of hem observe ne kepe no croked nor long nailes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 19 Further to boast, were neyther true, nor modest, Vnlesse I adde, we are honest. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 497 He added not; and Satan bowing low His gray dissimulation, disappear'd. View more context for this quotation
1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 10 But let me add, Sir Robert's mighty dull.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 112 Then turning to Liddy, he added, ‘What say you, my pretty Redstreak?’
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. iii. 66 She..felt herself getting into a puzzle, and could not be prevailed on to add another word. View more context for this quotation
1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard I. i. iv. 71 ‘Ah! I have it,’ he added after a moment's deliberation.
1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine x. 224 It may be added, in this connection, that the iron..occurs elsewhere in the Peninsula.
1919 ‘I. Hay’ Last Million (new ed.) vii. 85 ‘This is on us,’ Al Thompson hastened to add.
1961 Times 12 Dec. 6/4 [He] added that..Mr. Overall was guilty of contributory negligence in driving the car when he knew it was ‘dodgy’.
2008 I. M. Banks Matter vi. 99 And he was a gentleman, too, I might add. An army private provisioner, unless I'm mistaken.
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a. transitive. To put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total amount, to unite into one sum (also with together); to unite (one number) to another in this way; to combine by a process of addition.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > add or sum
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?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 9 (MED) Þou schalt adde þat ylke figure þat berys þe articulle ouer his hed to þe figure vnder hym.
c1450 Art Nombryng in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 35 (MED) In addicioun, 2 ordres of figures and 2 nombres ben necessary, that is to sey, a nombre to be addede and the nombre wherto the addicioun sholde be made to.
?c1450 (a1388) tr. Richard of Wallingford Exafrenon (Digby) f. 7 (MED) I adde þes 9 grees to 45, and þer of rises 54 grees, þe which I adde vnto þe ascension of þe 3 gree of virginis.
1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Civv The squares of those twoo partes, beeyng added together, will make a square nomber also.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xvii. 108 As easie as he can add together the Ideas of two Days, or two Paces.
1743 Gentleman's Mag. June 310/1 By adding 1 16th to the proportioned Number.
1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. 29/2 Add each column separately, and carry the overplus as before, from one column to another.
1838 A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 153 Add together the squares of all their mean risks, and extract the square root of the result.
1867 B. Cracroft in G. C. Brodrick Ess. Reform 164 If we add 246 to 256 we get 502 as the ascertained number of the territorialists in the House of Commons.
1872 J. Hamblin Smith Elem. Algebra 2 When several numbers are added together, it is indifferent in what order the numbers are taken.
1940 W. J. Eckert Punched Card Methods Sci. Computation ii. 17 Crossfoot is an accounting term which means to add numbers across a line rather than down a column.
1964 J. Bernstein Analyt. Engine iii. 70 Next comes the message +400 202; it tells the machine to add the number in Address 202 to whatever is in the accumulator.
1981 M. A. Parker & F. Pickup Engin. Drawing (ed. 3) vii. 173 When adding vector quantities we have to take into account not only their numerical value but also their direction.
2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 12/3 If an entry in a particular box requires income and credits from various sources to be added together, it is the aggregate figure that should be rounded.
b. intransitive. To carry out the arithmetical process of addition.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (intransitive)] > add or sum
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c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1966 (MED) She tolde the craft of Computacion, To adde, dymynew and to multiply.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xv. v Who knewe arsmetryke in every degre..Bothe to detraye and to devyde and adde.
1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 270 They could not only add, subtract, multiply, divide,..but, were perfect in fractions vulgar and decimal.
1865 H. B. Stowe House & Home Papers 177 Her allowance is her own; she begins to plan upon it,—to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and do numberless sums in her little head.
1962 L. Ginsberg Let. 8 Oct. in A. Ginsberg & L. Ginsberg Family Business (2001) 188 I add and subtract and deduce that there will be no nuclear war.
1995 Vancouver Sun 2 Sept. d15/1 Mathematical mediocrities who know how to add, subtract, multiply and divide in their heads can sometimes pass for idiots savants.
c. intransitive. Of two or more physical quantities: to join together or unite in a way that can be represented by the process of addition.
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1951 Science 26 Jan. 87/1 The orbital moments l add vectorially to form a resulting total moment L.
1962 D. R. Corson & P. Lorrain Introd. Electromagn. Fields xiii. 472 The electric field intensities of the two dipoles at the point (r, θ) add vectorially.
1978 Sci. Amer. May 126/2 The point will have two components of apparent motion... The components add vectorially.
2008 Optics & Laser Technol. 40 505/2 The superposed volume gratings are used to efficiently diffract incident beams along a common direction where they coherently add.
4. Chemistry.
a. transitive. Of a molecule or compound: to incorporate (additional atoms or groups), esp. by addition (addition n. 7) across a multiple bond.
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1903 A. J. Walker tr. A. F. Holleman Text-bk. Org. Chem. i. 153 The hydrocarbons of this series can add on four halogen atoms.
1967 I. L. Finar Org. Chem. (ed. 5) I. iv. 78 Olefins form addition compounds with chlorine or bromine, e.g., ethylene adds bromine to form ethylene bromide.
2008 Tetrahedron 64 3549/2 Mono- and gem-substituted alkenes are known to add nitronates to yield mainly 5-substituted isoxazolidines.
b. intransitive. To take part in or undergo addition. Frequently with to (a specified molecule or compound).
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1911 Science 1 Sept. 288/1 Dipropyl amine, on the other hand, adds to ethyl cyantartraonate in molecular proportions, giving likewise a white crystalline substance.
1934 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 56 928/2 The bromine atom adds to form 1-bromo derivatives rather than the 2-bromo compounds.
1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. vi. 92 One of the olefinic bonds opens, and the two portions of the reagent add to the two free valencies produced; there is no second product.
1981 J. W. Buttle et al. Chem. (ed. 4) xix. 424 Hypohalogen acids, usually chloric(I) (hypochlorous) acid, add across multiple bonds.
2008 Jrnl. Organometallic Chem. 693 991/1 The S—H bond undergoes fission to oxidatively add to the metal center.
Phrases
Originally and chiefly Hong Kong English. add oil!: expressing encouragement, incitement, or support: go on! go for it! [After Chinese (Cantonese) gā yáu, with reference to petrol being injected into an engine ( < gā to add + yáu petrol, variant (with tonal modification) of yàuh oil of any kind), and the corresponding Mandarin jiāyóu.] In quots. 1964 and 1980, a contextually supplied translation of the Chinese phrase (in the latter example, also serving as the article's title).
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1964 Li Shu-Fan Hong Kong Surgeon iii. xi. 187 At frequent intervals he would say jokingly to his assistant next to him, ‘Ka Yow!’ ‘Ka Yow!’ meaning ‘Add oil! Add oil!’
1980 Straits Times (Singapore) 25 July 36/1 ‘Add oil’... The children cheered themselves hoarse, shouting ‘Jia Yu’ (Mandarin for ‘Add Oil’) to their team members.]
2005 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 2 Some children..started chanting: ‘Macau team, add oil!’
2016 China Daily (Hong Kong ed.) (Nexis) 7 June If we really are serious about being Asia's World City, we still have a lot of work to do. So add oil, everyone!
Phrasal verbs
With adverbs in specialized senses. to add in to add on to add up to add up to
transitive. To include in addition; to take into account.
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1783 W. Taylor Compl. Syst. Pract. Arithm. 14 As you multiply, add in the remainder if any.
1817 J. Preston Every Man his Own Teacher 240 When multiplying by 20, add in the 13s. when multiplying by 12, add in the 2d.
1981 Economist 4 Apr. 73/2 These imports will usually be price competitive even with the tariffs added in.
1999 Muzik Nov. 128/1 It takes its cue from the usual downtempo suspects, but adds in some exquisite pedal steel guitar.
2003 S. Spector & S. Wong Compl. Idiot's Guide to Gambling (ed. 3) xv. 185 When you raise, you really call and raise by matching the previous bet and adding in the raise amount.
1. transitive. To include additionally; to append, attach.
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1836 H. L. Bulwer Monarchy Middle Classes v. i. 169 In England, the progress of improvement has been slow and piece-meal; we have added on a little here, we have cut off a little here.
a1856 Sir W. Hamilton Logic (1859) I. xi. 194 Every series of concepts..may be reproduced in an inverted order, when we..add on the several characters from which we abstracted in our ascent.
1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax iv. 50 Add on the Purchase Tax and the increased Purchase Tax and Special Tax on Luxury Goods.
1982 Which Computer? June 23/2 Keen sees no problems in adding on a printer and floppy disc drives, using the interface ports provided.
2003 C. N. Adichie Purple Hibiscus (2004) 171 The traders say it is hard to transport their food because there is no fuel, so they add on the costs of transportation.
2. intransitive. Chiefly North American. To add an extension to an existing building. Frequently with to.
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1872 Mrs. E. Millett Austral. Parsonage v. 92 It was easier to build an entirely new house than to add on to the first structure.
1915 C. Johnson Highways & Byways New Eng. iv. 79 When a city family comes and builds a house..they ain't contented to leave well enough alone. They're always improving and changing, tearing down, and adding on.
1990 Publishers Weekly 2 Nov. 25/1 Americans fix up, redecorate, add on to the place they live.
2003 J. R. Lennon Mailman i. i. 50 Historic preservationists wouldn't let them add on in the same style so they did these po-mo cartoon annexes.
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a. transitive. To find the sum of (a column or series of numbers, a number of things, etc.).
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)]
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (transitive)] > add or sum
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1611 F. Davison et al. Poet. Rapsodie (new ed.) 206 All the fractions now which man did make, Since it in one whole number nature gaue, Are added vp, and brought to one great stake.
1660 W. Jackson Introd. First Grounds Arithm. 33 So have I multiplied all my figures of the multiplier, by all the figures of the multiplicand, there remains to add up all into one sum.
1701 C. Snell Merchants Accompts sig. B7 When you conclude a Months Affairs, you add up your Book of Trade Charges for that Month, and carry the Total thereof to the credit side of you[r] Cash-book.
1742 J. Marsh Decimal Arithm. made Perfect ii. 30 Add up the Right-hand Column by 9's, and place the Overplus, if any..at its bottom.
1820 J. Gummere Treat. Surv. (ed. 3) 113 Add up the northings and southings, and if the sums are not equal, find their difference.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 126 All my years when added up are many.
1893 Times 25 Sept. 2/6 A machine..possessing remarkable capabilities for printing and adding up figures has recently reached this country.
1927 A. L. Bowley & J. C. Stamp National Income 1924 23 The unweighted average is obtained by adding up the percentages and dividing by the number of them.
1980 M. Robinson Housekeeping xi. 218 We do not sit down at the table next to hers and empty our pockets..and add up the coins and dollar bills.
1998 Independent 11 Mar. i. 5/2 The maths test included adding up the cost of a loaf of bread and two tins of soup.
b. intransitive. To perform the arithmetical process of addition.
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the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > perform arithmetic or algebraic operations [verb (intransitive)] > add or sum
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to add up1754
1754 D. Fenning Brit. Youth's Instructor ii. iv. 25 To add up well..is a great Step towards Multiplication.
1842 J. Abbott Cousin Lucy at Study i. 15 Then he began to teach Lucy how to add up.
1886 F. H. Burnett Little Lord Fauntleroy xi. 210 Little Lord Fauntleroy..had learned how to add up quite nicely with his fingers and a slate and pencil.
1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek ii. 34 Alice taught Mary how to read and how to add up.
2007 S. Moody Dyslexia v. 36 I don't imagine that you initially learnt how to add up and subtract in a theoretical way.
2. intransitive. Of numbers: to yield the correct, expected, or desired total when added; (of a calculation) to yield a correct or satisfactory result. Frequently in negative contexts.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to
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1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xli. 427 The figures made her cry. They wouldn't add up, she said.
1864 Good Words 5 316/2 It struck me that a series of figures just given by the traffic-manager of a railway company, would not add up.
1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 Aug. 532/1 Account books that would not add up right.
1901 ‘H. V. Esmond’ One Summer's Day i. 11 Fresh air into tiny lungs—much better than squeaky slates and horrid niggling sums that won't add up.
2006 K. Henderson While they're at War ii. xi. 157 He had the look of a child struggling with a math problem that wouldn't add up.
3. intransitive. To make sense; to seem reasonable or consistent; to have the desired effect or result, to work. Frequently in negative contexts.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > be intelligible [verb (intransitive)]
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1942 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 27 Apr. 8/4 How does it [sc. the evidence] all add up?
1945 M. Allingham Coroner's Pidgin xi. 88 I've tried to make it mean something else, but it doesn't add up any other way.
1961 ‘A. A. Fair’ Stop at Red Light (1962) vii. 108 That adds up, Donald. Stay with it. You're doing fine.
1995 Wine Spectator 28 Feb. 67/3 An antipasto of raw shrimp with olive oil and orange juice didn't add up, but gratinéed squid with a simple garnish of coarsely chopped arugula worked beautifully.
2007 Booklist (Nexis) 15 Mar. 31 Something just doesn't add up, and pretty soon he is pressuring her to share the reason behind her erratic flight.
1. intransitive. To amount to a specified sum when added up.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > enumerate, reckon, or calculate [verb (intransitive)] > amount or be equal to
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1853 Bankers' Mag. June 441 The following..would be the mode of proceeding when an error is presented, the figures of which add up to 11, 19, or 30.
1865 J. Smith Quadrature of Circle 97 Each row of figures in the Table adds up to 3 times 9.
1916 Sci. Monthly Sept. 242 In 1846, Plattner analyzed the mineral pollux, but could not get the constituents as found by his analysis to add up to one hundred per cent.
1960 R. C. Bell Board & Table Games vi. 168 The sum of the two approximating tile-ends must add up to ten.
2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Apr. a21/2 The numbers 1 through 6 add up to 21.
2. intransitive. To amount to a specified outcome or result; to result in.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > mean [verb (intransitive)]
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1873 T. B. Aldrich Friend of Youth in Marjorie Daw 220 These facile sympathies..endeared the Governor to me, and maybe, when the final reckoning comes, all those good impulses will add up to something handsome.
1936 Time 10 Feb. 23/1 The ship, plus the service, plus the passenger list, plus the Caribbean—it all adds up to the best vacation I ever had.
1958 Oxf. Mag. 6 Mar. 342/1 As a contribution to the philosophy of religion, this volume of essays does not add up to much.
1997 C. Shields Larry's Party (1998) iv. 64 Work for him adds up to a whole lot more than the feel of ferns in his hands.
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add-lister n. an adding machine which produces a printed record of each calculation it has performed.
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1923 Office Equipm. May 13/1 An ‘Adding-Lister’ Machine..performs two functions:——(a)..there is produced upon paper a printed impression of any desired figure... (b)..the total of the listed figures is printed.]
1968 Brit. Patent 1,208,566 1/1 Manually-operated calculating machines of the kind sometimes referred to as add-lister machines, or add-listers.
1994 Brit. Patent 2,277,683 6 A compact version dedicated to the task in hand can comprise..a small printer 18 that operates on a paper roll such as used on add-listers or printing calculators.
add-listing machine n. = add-lister n.
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1961 Brit. Patent 882,832 3/1 The leads may be connected to any suitable recording apparatus such as an ‘add-listing’ machine..or an automatic card punch.
1999 A. St J. Price Understand Your Accts. (ed. 4) xiv. 97 Anyone can extract figures from your records for you. All they need is..a calculator or, better still, an add/listing machine and access to your sales invoices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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ADD
ADD n. Psychiatry attention (also attentional) deficit disorder.
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1979 Hosp. Pract. Jan. 66/1 The next edition of the American Psychiatric Association's official Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM III) will have relabeled ‘hyperactivity’ and MBD syndrome as attentional deficit disorder (ADD).
1994 Face Sept. 29/1 ADD..is only just being recognised in Britain as a genuine medical syndrome and a potential nightmare of late-twentieth century living.
2006 Total Film Feb. 24/3 My attention span is horrible, man. I've got ADD.
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