add
♦♦♦ add /'æd/ (adds adding added)
1 [VERB] V n to n, be V-ed to n, V n to n, also V n
If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it.
Add the grated cheese to the sauce...
Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water...
He wants to add a huge sports complex to Binfield Manor.
2 [VERB] V pl-n with together
If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total.
Banks add all the interest and other charges together...
Two and three added together are five.
≠ subtract
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V pl-n P, V P
Add up means the same as add.
More than a quarter of seven year-olds cannot add up properly...
We just added all the numbers up and divided one by the other...
He said the numbers simply did not add up.
3 [VERB] V to n
If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount.
This latest incident will add to the pressure on the government...
4 [VERB] V n, V n to n
To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality.
The generous amount of garlic adds flavour...
Pictures add interest to plain painted walls.
5 [VERB] V with quote, V that
If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more.
`You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed,' Mr Brigden added...
The President agreed, adding that he hoped for a peaceful solution.
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to add insult to injury: see insultadd in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you add in something, you include it as a part of something else.
Once the vegetables start to cook add in a couple of tablespoons of water.add on
1 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, V P n, V-ed P
If one thing is added on to another, it is attached to the other thing, or is made a part of it.
Holidaymakers can also add on a week in Majorca before or after the cruise...
To the rear is a large dining room-added on early this century.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you add on an extra amount or item to a list or total, you include it.
Many loan application forms automatically add on insurance.add up
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see add 2
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu with neg, V P
If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
Police said they arrested Olivia because her statements did not add up...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P
If small amounts of something add up, they gradually increase.
Even small savings can add up...add up to
[PHRASAL VERB] V P P n
If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together.
For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars.
= amount to
1 [VERB] V n to n, be V-ed to n, V n to n, also V n
If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it.
Add the grated cheese to the sauce...
Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water...
He wants to add a huge sports complex to Binfield Manor.
2 [VERB] V pl-n with together
If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total.
Banks add all the interest and other charges together...
Two and three added together are five.
≠ subtract
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V pl-n P, V P
Add up means the same as add.
More than a quarter of seven year-olds cannot add up properly...
We just added all the numbers up and divided one by the other...
He said the numbers simply did not add up.
3 [VERB] V to n
If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount.
This latest incident will add to the pressure on the government...
4 [VERB] V n, V n to n
To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality.
The generous amount of garlic adds flavour...
Pictures add interest to plain painted walls.
5 [VERB] V with quote, V that
If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more.
`You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed,' Mr Brigden added...
The President agreed, adding that he hoped for a peaceful solution.
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to add insult to injury: see insultadd in
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you add in something, you include it as a part of something else.
Once the vegetables start to cook add in a couple of tablespoons of water.add on
1 [PHRASAL VERB] usu passive, V P n, V-ed P
If one thing is added on to another, it is attached to the other thing, or is made a part of it.
Holidaymakers can also add on a week in Majorca before or after the cruise...
To the rear is a large dining room-added on early this century.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you add on an extra amount or item to a list or total, you include it.
Many loan application forms automatically add on insurance.add up
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see add 2
2 [PHRASAL VERB] usu with neg, V P
If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
Police said they arrested Olivia because her statements did not add up...
3 [PHRASAL VERB] V P
If small amounts of something add up, they gradually increase.
Even small savings can add up...add up to
[PHRASAL VERB] V P P n
If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together.
For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars.
= amount to