- to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance: to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter;to add insult to injury.
- to find the sum of (often followed by up): Add this column of figures.Add up the grocery bills.
- to say or write further.
- to include (usually followed by in): Don't forget to add in the tip.
- to perform the arithmetic operation of addition: children learning to add and subtract.
- to be or serve as an addition (usually followed by to): His illness added to the family's troubles.
- copy added to a completed story.
- to signify; indicate: The evidence adds up to a case of murder.
- add up,
- to make the desired, expected, or correct total: These figures don't add up right.
- to seem reasonable or consistent; be in harmony or accord: Some aspects of the story didn't add up.
- the inattentive subtype of ADHD, usually marked by distractibility and difficulties with executive function.
- to combine (two or more numbers or quantities) by addition
- to increase (a number or quantity) by another number or quantity using addition
- to join (something) to something else in order to increase the size, quantity, effect, or scope; unite (with)
- to have an extra and increased effect (on)
- to say or write further
- to include
- an instance of adding someone to one's list of contacts on a social networking site, esp MySpace
- attention deficit disorder