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add up


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A0074100 (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 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 dō- in Indo-European roots.]
add′a·ble, add′i·ble adj.

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add up

vb (adverb) 1. (Mathematics) to find the sum (of)2. (intr) to result in a correct total3. (intr) informal to make sense4. (foll by: to) to amount to
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Verb1.add up - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"amount, comebecome, 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 up - determine the sum ofadd up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"add together, summate, tot, tot up, tote up, total, sum, sum up, tally, addadd 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 up - add up in number or quantityadd up - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"number, total, amount, comework 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 numberaverage, 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 comprehensibleadd up - be reasonable or logical or comprehensiblemake sensebe - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
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add up

1. To calculate the sum or total of multiple items. Can you add up these numbers? I'm worried I made an error in my calculations.2. To equal the expected or presumed amount. These numbers just aren't adding up—I think I made a mistake somewhere.3. To be logical or believable. I listened to Jill's explanation, but I'm still skeptical—something just doesn't add up.4. To become a significant amount. Usually used in reference to increasing expenses. With all of the driving I do for work, the cost of gas and maintenance really starts to add up. It will take a while for you to become a master, but all this practice really does add up.5. To judge someone or something As I waited for my interview to start, I studied the other candidates and added up my competition.See also: add, up

add something up

to sum or total a set of figures. (See also (to something)">add up (to something).) Please add these figures up again. I didn't add up these figures!See also: add, up

add up

 (to something) 1. Lit. [for a set of figures] to equal a total. These figures don't add up to the right total! 2. Fig. [for facts or explanations] to make sense. (Considering facts as if they were figures.) Your explanation just doesn't add up!See also: add, up

add up

1. Amount to an expected or correct total, as in These figures don't add up, meaning they are not correct. [Mid-1800s] 2. Be consistent, make sense, as in I'm not sure that all this testimony will add up. [First half of 1900s] 3. Assess, form an opinion of, as in He looked across the track and added up the competition. Also see add up to. See also: add, up

add up

v.1. To calculate a sum by adding some set of numbers: The students added up the numbers they had copied from the blackboard. If you add all the scores up, we'll find out who won.2. To calculate something, especially by addition: The shopkeeper added up the day's profits.3. To amount to an expected total: Unfortunately, when we put the numbers into the equation, they did not add up.4. To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: The jury did not believe the witness's testimony because it simply did not add up.See also: add, up
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  • verb

Synonyms for add up

verb develop into

Synonyms

  • amount
  • come

Related Words

  • become
  • turn
  • aggregate

verb determine the sum of

Synonyms

  • add together
  • summate
  • tot
  • tot up
  • tote up
  • total
  • sum
  • sum up
  • tally
  • add

Related Words

  • add together
  • add
  • count
  • numerate
  • enumerate
  • number

verb add up in number or quantity

Synonyms

  • number
  • total
  • amount
  • come

Related Words

  • work out
  • be
  • outnumber
  • average
  • average out
  • make

verb be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

Synonyms

  • make sense

Related Words

  • be
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