add
(ăd)
[Middle English adden, from Latin addere, ad-, ad-, + dare, to give.]
verb: add·ed, add·ing, adds.
transitive verb
- To combine (a column of figures, for example) to form a sum.
- 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.
- To say or write further.
intransitive verb
- To find a sum in arithmetic.
- To constitute an addition: an exploit that will add to her reputation.
- To create or make an addition: gradually added to my meager savings.
phrasal verbs
- add up
- To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: The witness's testimony simply did not add up.
- To amount to an expected total: a bill that didn't add up.
- To formulate an opinion of: added up the other competitors in one glance.
idioms
- add up to
- To constitute; amount to: The revisions added up to a lot of work.
derivatives
- add́a·ble
- adjective
ADD
abbreviation
- attention deficit disorder
attention deficit disorder
noun
- A syndrome, usually diagnosed in childhood, characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness, a short attention span, and often hyperactivity, and interfering especially with academic, occupational, and social performance.
