US /æd/
verb Freq #1732

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to put something with another thing to increase it

    Add a little salt to the soup.

  2. 2
    verb

    to put numbers together to find the total

    If you add three and four, you get seven.

  3. 3
    verb

    to say something more

    She said goodbye and added that she would call later.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to put something with... include
2 verb · to put numbers together to... add uptally
Opposites
Word family
Forms addedaddingadds
Derived forms add-inadd-onaddableaddedlyadderadderalladdibleadditionadditivebulk-addcoaddcoadded
Related forms addend

Common collocations

Etymology

From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).

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