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The definition of add means to join or bring together for the purpose of increasing in number or importance or to change the effect.

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An example of add is to put more hot sauce in the chili to increase its spiceness.
An example of add is to combine two and three to equal five.

See add in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

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: ME adden < L addere, to add < ad-, to + dare, to give

intransitive verb

to cause an increase; be an addition (to): this adds to my pleasure
to find a sum by doing arithmetic

Related Forms:

addable adjective or addible

Origin: L adde

Pharmacy let there be added; add

American Dialect Dictionary
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See add in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb add·ed, add·ing, adds

verb, transitive

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.

verb, intransitive

To find a sum in arithmetic.
a. To constitute an addition: an exploit that will add to her reputation.
b. To create or make an addition: gradually added to my meager savings.

Phrasal Verb: 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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English adden

Origin: , from Latin addere

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots

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