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Definition of 'add'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) add
to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance.

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

3.  add
to say or write further.

4.  add
to cause to have as an additional quality:
to add interest to a story.

5.  add
to include (usu. fol. by in).

6. (v.i.) add
to perform the arithmetic operation of addition.

7.  add
to be or serve as an addition (usu. fol. by to):
His illness added to the family's troubles.

8.  add
add up,

9.  add
to amount to the correct total.

10.  add
to seem reasonable or consistent; make sense.

11.  add
add up to, to signify; amount to.

12.  ADD
attention deficit disorder.

Definition of 'add'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

2. (verb) add
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
"We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"

3. (verb) add, append, supply
state or say further
"`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"

4. (verb) lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
bestow a quality on
"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"

5. (verb) add, add together
make an addition by combining numbers
"Add 27 and 49, please!"

6. (verb) total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
determine the sum of
"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

7. (verb) add
constitute an addition
"This paper will add to her reputation"

Definition of 'add'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) add
to put with in order to increase, improve, etc.
Add the eggs to the mixture.; Adding adjectives will make your writing more lively.; The glass adds to the beauty of the building.

2. add
to say sth else
"But I'm not sure," he added.; "I'm here," he said, then added that he was sorry to be late.

3. add
≠ subtract
to add two numbers together

Definition of 'add'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) add
to give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on)

2. (verb) add
to join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column

3. (verb) add
to append, as a statement; to say further

4. (verb) add
to make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety

5. (verb) add
to perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly

Translation of 'add'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (often withto) to put (one thing) to or with (another) He added water to his whisky.
Afrikaans: byvoeg	Arabic: يُضِيف	Bulgarian: прибавям
Brazilian: adicionar	Czech: přidat	German: hinzufügen
Danish: tilsætte	Greek: προσθέτω	Spanish: añadir
Estonian: lisama	Farsi: افزودن	Finnish: lisätä
French: ajouter	Hebrew: לְהוֹסִיף	Hindi: जोड़ना
Croatian: dodati	Hungarian: hozzáad	Indonesian: menambahkan
Icelandic: bæta við	Italian: aggiungere	Japanese: 加える
Korean: 추가하다	Lithuanian: pridėti	Latvian: pievienot; pielikt
Malay: tambah	Dutch: bijvoegen	Norwegian: tilsette, legge til
Polish: dodawać	Persian: افزودن	Pashto: زيادول
Portuguese: acrescentar	Romanian: a adăuga	Russian: прибавлять
Slovak: pridať	Slovenian: dodati	Serbian: dodati
Swedish: tillsätta, blanda	Thai: เติมส่วนผสม	Turkish: eklemek, katmak
Taiwanese: 添加	Ukrainian: додавати	Urdu: ملانا
Vietnamese: thêm vào	Chinese: 添加
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