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When you add, you join two or more things together. If you add on to your summer cottage, you build an extra room that's connected to your existing house.

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To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

Noun
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

Verb
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise 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 dinn

Verb
make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"

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determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

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state or say further; "`It doesn''t matter,'' he supplied"

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Verb
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"

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constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"

v. t.
To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To append, as a statement; to say further.

v. i.
To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety.

v. i.
To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.

Add

Add , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] [L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. Date, Do.] 1. To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

The Lord shall add to me another son.

2. 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.

Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.

3. To append, as a statement; to say further.

He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax.

Syn. -- To Add, Join, Annex, Unite, Coalesce. We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole. We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuos connection. We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body. We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle. Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization. To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce.

Add

Add , v. i. 1. To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety. "I will add to your yoke." 1 Kings xii. 14. 2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety.

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Usage Examples

Amazingly when you add life and consciousness to the equation you can actually explain some of the biggest puzzles of science.

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

Dreams get you into the future and add excitement to the present.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.

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Other Usage Examples

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add.

Capital is money, capital is commodities. By virtue of it being value, it has acquired the occult ability to add value to itself. It brings forth living offspring, or, at the least, lays golden eggs.

At the end of the day the question comes, what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something that's going to add something positive.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.