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Princeton's WordNet

  1. come, add up, amountverb

    develop into

    "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

  2. total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add upverb

    determine the sum of

    "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

  3. total, number, add up, come, amountverb

    add up in number or quantity

    "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

  4. make sense, add upverb

    be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

Wiktionary

  1. add upverb

    To take a sum.

  2. add upverb

    To accumulate; to amount to.

  3. add upverb

    To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.

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  1. add up

    "Add up" typically relates to the process of calculating the total sum by combining several numbers or amounts. It can also refer to determining or verifying the validity or consistency of a series of facts, elements, or events to form a conclusion or agreement that makes sense or seems logical.

  2. add up

    Add up generally means to combine or accumulate numbers, items, facts, or actions to achieve a total amount, sum, or conclusion. It can also refer to making logical sense or be consistent in a given context or situation.

  3. add up

    To add up generally means to calculate the total sum of various numbers or amounts. It can also refer to making sense or being logically sound in a certain context.

  4. add up

    To add up refers to the process of calculating the total by combining several numbers or amounts. It can also mean to make logical or consistent sense in a particular context or situation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of add up in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of add up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of add up in a Sentence

  1. Chris Wallace:

    I talked to a former top national security official in an earlier Republican administration who says this just doesn't add up, the timeline for when he learned information and when he decided to act doesn't make a lot of sense.

  2. Ignacio Jurado:

    The situation is highly complicated, I don't see an easy outcome, the PP will be the first to try and form a coalition but the left-wing bloc has more chances because they add up to more seats.

  3. Team Alliance chairman Rob Kauffman:

    Team have knocked out millions by consolidating how we travel, there's been a lot of savings on a lot of small things that add up. The way we've worked with NASCAR on rules changes and testing, that's been millions of savings as well.

  4. Joe Mitchell:

    Georgia College Republicans might not be marching in the streets, but they are mobilizing, it's not necessarily the sexy protest scene that you're going to see on TV, but you're going to see these things on college campuses, in local races, and so I think all those things add up to proving that there is a lot of mobilizing happening that maybe hasn't happened in years past.

  5. Pete Hegseth:

    When you add up that sacrifice, it starts to give you a tiny sense of what the cost of freedom has been in this nation.


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