Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To join or combine (numbers) through addition.
- intransitive verb To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope.
- intransitive verb To say or write further.
- intransitive verb To find a sum in arithmetic.
- intransitive verb To constitute an addition.
- intransitive verb To create or make an addition.
- idiom (add up to) To constitute; amount to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To join or unite into one sum or aggregate.
- To unite, join, attach, annex, or subjoin as an augmentation or accretion; bring into corporate union or relation: with to before the subject of addition, and sometimes without an expressed object when this is implied by the subject: as, add another stone, or another stone to the pile; he continually added
- to his store; to add to one's grief.
- To put into the possession of; give or grant additionally, as to a person.
- To be or serve as an addition; be added: with to: as, the consciousness of folly often adds to one's regret.
- To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To give by way of increased possession (
to any one); to bestow (on ). - transitive verb 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
- transitive verb To append, as a statement; to say further.
- intransitive verb To make an addition.
To add to , to augment; to increase. - intransitive verb To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
join orunite , as one thing to another, or as severalparticulars , so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally. - verb transitive To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
- verb transitive To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
- verb transitive To append, as a statement; to say further.
- verb intransitive To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase.
- verb intransitive, mathematics To perform the arithmetical operation of
addition . - noun video games An
additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target. - noun computer science An act or instance of adding.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bestow a quality on
- verb make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
- verb make an addition by combining numbers
- verb determine the sum of
- verb constitute an addition
- noun a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- verb state or say further
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After reading her comment, the only thing I would add is that properly-rotated cattle or bison eating grass actually *add* an inch of topsoil to the earth each year.
A better way to die? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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That sort of responsibility has to come from inside a person, and with no incentive to add to what is already a perfect system i.e, live in maid and sexbot, why would men *add* to the resources of the nuclear family?
Men’s Rights Myth: Typical Child Support Payments Are Insanely High 2006
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That sort of responsibility has to come from inside a person, and with no incentive to add to what is already a perfect system i.e, live in maid and sexbot, why would men *add* to the resources of the nuclear family?
Men’s Rights Myth: Typical Child Support Payments Are Insanely High 2006
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Slide 8: 它们的使用方法都相同： my $add = $memcached - > add ( '键', '值', '期限'); my
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“add is that properly-rotated cattle or bison eating grass actually *add* an inch of topsoil to the earth each year.”
A better way to die? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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The only thing I'd add is a word or two about the desirability of light rail commuter trains, and a reminder that Flood Protection should also be a "front and center" election issue.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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Since you want to change the label add a variable name to the button.
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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Yes | No | Report from jay wrote 17 weeks 3 days ago seadog nailed it. the only thing to add is to use a #4 (give or take) hook.
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Yes | No | Report from jay wrote 17 weeks 3 days ago seadog nailed it. the only thing to add is to use a #4 (give or take) hook.
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If you add something to nature, you will necessarily be greater than nature; to add is to increase, and to increase is to grow.
Inside the Revolutionary Mind, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
hcy commented on the word add
add is same as plus
June 13, 2007
asativum commented on the word add
Something it's very difficult to do with the word add in Wordie. See Mentions.
June 13, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word add
Oh, I'm here too.
June 13, 2008