- to join or unite (something) to something else so as to increase the quantity, number, size, etc. or change the total effect: to add a wing to the building, to add seasoning to the sauce
- to state further
- to combine (numbers) into a sum; calculate the total of
Origin of add
Middle English adden from Classical Latin addere, to add from ad-, to + dare, to give- to cause an increase; be an addition (to): this adds to my pleasure
- to find a sum by doing arithmetic
add Idioms
add up
- to calculate the total of
- to equal the expected sum: these figures don't add up
- to seem reasonable: his excuse just doesn't add up
add up to
- to reach a total of
- to mean; signify
