Topic: NUMBERS
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | addere, from ad- 'to' + -dere 'to put' |
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add S1 W1
1 to put something with something else or with a group of other things : 
If the mixture seems dry, add water.
put with something else
[transitive]If the mixture seems dry, add water. add something to something Do you want to add your name to the list? Suzuki has added extra doors to its sports off-roader. Material about recent research has been added to this new edition.
Do you want to add your name to the list?Suzuki has added extra doors to its sports off-roader.Material about recent research has been added to this new edition.2 if you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total [↪ subtract]
count
[intransitive and transitive]HMN add something and something (together) Add 7 and 5 to make 12. For tax purposes, your pension and earnings are added together.
Add 7 and 5 to make 12.For tax purposes, your pension and earnings are added together. add something to something Add £2.20 to the cost for postage.
Add £2.20 to the cost for postage.3 to increase the amount or cost of something
increase
[intransitive and transitive] add (something) to something Spell-checking your document adds time to the process. Sales tax adds to the price.
Spell-checking your document adds time to the process.Sales tax adds to the price.4 to say more about something that has just been said : 'And I don't care what you think,' she added defiantly. Is there anything you'd like to add, David? I was refused accommodation - not, I hasten to add, on account of my appearance (=used to explain more about what you have just said). She was trying to entertain us - unsuccessfully, I might add (=used to comment on what you have just said).
say more
[transitive]'And I don't care what you think,' she added defiantly.Is there anything you'd like to add, David?I was refused accommodation - not, I hasten to add, on account of my appearance (=used to explain more about what you have just said).She was trying to entertain us - unsuccessfully, I might add (=used to comment on what you have just said).5 to give a particular quality to something Coloured glass can be added for effect.
give a quality
[transitive] add a touch of glamour/class (to something) Champagne always adds a touch of glamour to the occasion.
Champagne always adds a touch of glamour to the occasion.Coloured glass can be added for effect.6 used to introduce another fact that supports your opinion : Our hospitals are short of cash. Add to that the long hours doctors work, and you have a recipe for disaster.
add(ed) to that/this
Our hospitals are short of cash. Add to that the long hours doctors work, and you have a recipe for disaster.7 if something adds weight to an argument, idea etc, it makes it stronger
add weight to something
add weight to the suggestion/idea etc Recent research adds weight to the theory that the climate is changing.
Recent research adds weight to the theory that the climate is changing.8 to make a bad situation worse for someone who has already been treated badly : She not only deceived him but, to add insult to injury, allowed him to pay for her meal.
to add insult to injury
She not only deceived him but, to add insult to injury, allowed him to pay for her meal.9 to make an argument or disagreement worse : Rather than providing a solution, their statements merely added fuel to the fire.
add fuel to the fire/flames
Rather than providing a solution, their statements merely added fuel to the fire.add something ↔ in
phrasal verbDon't forget to add in the cost of your time.add something ↔ on
phrasal verbproposals to add a penny on income taxadd to something
phrasal verbThis show will no doubt add to his growing reputation.add up
phrasal verb1HMN to calculate the total of several numbers : I can add up in my head quite easily.
I can add up in my head quite easily.2
not add up
a) if a set of facts does not add up, it does not provide a reasonable explanation for a situation : He was troubled by a feeling that things just didn't add up.
He was troubled by a feeling that things just didn't add up.b) if sums, numbers etc do not add up, there is a mistake in them : These figures don't add up.
These figures don't add up.3 used to say that lots of small amounts gradually make a large total : There are five of us using the phone so it all adds up.
it all adds up
informalThere are five of us using the phone so it all adds up.add up to something
phrasal verbRising prison population and overcrowding add up to a real crisis.