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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun add has 1 sense
- add(n = noun.state) adhd, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic syndrome, mbd, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction - a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders; Array has parts: hyperactivity
is a kind of syndrome
Verb add has 6 senses
- add(v = verb.change) Array - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" is one way to increase
- add(v = verb.communication) append, supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" is one way to say, state, tell
- add(v = verb.possession) bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" is one way to alter, change, modify
- add(v = verb.cognition) add together - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!" is one way to calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
- add(v = verb.communication) add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" is one way to count, enumerate, number, numerate
- add(v = verb.stative) Array - constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation" is one way to constitute, form, make
Derived forms noun addition2, adjective additive1
Antonym: take away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sample sentence:
They add that there was a traffic accident
Derived form noun addition1
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derived forms adjective addable1, noun adder2, noun addition6, adjective additive2
Antonym: subtract
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms adjective addable1, noun adder2, adjective addible1, noun addition6, adjective additive2, adjective additive1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form adjective additive2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). [1913 Webster]"The Lord shall add to me another son." [1913 Webster]
- 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; as, to add numbers; to add up a column. [1913 Webster]"Back to thy punishment,
False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings." [1913 Webster]"As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years." [1913 Webster] - To append, as a statement; to say further. [1913 Webster]"He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax." [1913 Webster]
add, v. i.
- To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. 1 Kings xii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
add, v.tr.
1 join (one thing to another) as an increase or supplement (add your efforts to mine; add insult to injury).
2 put together (two or more numbers) to find a number denoting their combined value.
3 say in addition (added a remark; added that I was wrong).
1 join (one thing to another) as an increase or supplement (add your efforts to mine; add insult to injury).
2 put together (two or more numbers) to find a number denoting their combined value.
3 say in addition (added a remark; added that I was wrong).
Idiom
add in include. add-on something added to an existing object or quantity. add to increase; be a further item among (this adds to our difficulties). add up
1 find the total of.
2 (foll. by to) amount to; constitute (adds up to a disaster).
3 colloq. make sense; be understandable.
1 find the total of.
2 (foll. by to) amount to; constitute (adds up to a disaster).
3 colloq. make sense; be understandable.
Derivative
added adj.
Etymology
ME f. L addere (as AD-, dare put)
THESAURUS
add
adjoin, affix, agglutinate, algebraize, amalgamate, annex, append, assimilate, attach, augment, blend, burden, calculate, cast, cipher, clutter, coalesce, combine, come together, complicate, compound, comprise, compute, conjoin, connect, consolidate, cumber, decorate, divide, dope out, embody, encompass, encumber, enlarge, estimate, extract roots, fasten, figure, figure in, figure out, flux, foot, fuse, glue on, hitch on, include, incorporate, increase, infix, integrate, interblend, interfuse, join, join with, lump together, make one, measure, meld, melt into one, merge, mix, multiply, ornament, paste on, plus, postfix, prefix, put together, put with, reckon, reembody, roll into one, saddle, saddle with, score, shade into, slap on, solidify, subjoin, subtract, suffix, sum, summate, superadd, superimpose, superpose, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, tack on, tag, tag on, take account of, take on, tally, tot, total, tote, unify, unite, unite with, work outROGET THESAURUS
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Addition
VB add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose, clap on, saddle on, tack to, append, tag, ingraft, saddle with, sprinkle, introduce, insert, become added, accrue, advene, supervene, reinforce, reenforce, restrengthen, swell the ranks of, augment.Numeration
VB number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.
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