Add

Verb (used with object)

to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance

to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter; to add insult to injury.

to find the sum of (often fol. by up )

Add this column of figures. Add up the grocery bills.

to say or write further.

to include (usually fol. by in )

Don't forget to add in the tip.

Verb (used without object)

to perform the arithmetic operation of addition

children learning to add and subtract.

to be or serve as an addition (usually fol. by to )

His illness added to the family's troubles.

Noun

Journalism . copy added to a completed story. ?

Verb phrase

add up to, to signify; indicate

The evidence adds up to a case of murder.

Idiom

add up

to make the desired, expected, or correct total

These figures don't add up right.

to seem reasonable or consistent; be in harmony or accord

Some aspects of the story didn't add up.

Antonyms

verb

subtract , decrease , deduct , diminish , lessen , reduce , remove , withdraw , detract

Synonyms

verb

calculate , cast , compute , count , count up , do addition , enumerate , figure , reckon , reckon up , sum , summate , tally , tot , total , tote , tot upnotes:ad is short for advertisement while add means \'to join or unite\' so as to increase in size , quantity , quality , or scope , affix , annex , ante , append , augment , beef up * , boost , build up , charge up , continue , cue in , figure in , flesh out , heat up , hike , hike up , hitch on , hook on , hook up with , include , jack up , jazz up , join together , pad , parlay , piggyback , plug into , pour it on , reply , run up * , say further , slap on , snowball , soup up , speed up , spike , step up , supplement , sweeten * , tack on , tagnotes:ad is short for advertisement while add means \'to join or unite\' so as to increase in size , foot , totalize , add , addend , adjoin , aggrandize , amplify , attach , combine , complement , compound , connect , elaborate , enhance , expand , extend , foot up , fuse , grow , increase , inflate , intensify , introduce , join , magnify , plus , protract , strengthen , subjoin , suffix , sum up , superadd , superimpose , widen