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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ad |
| Phonetic Transcription : æd |
Definition of adds
Origin :- late 14c., "to join or unite (something to something else)," from Latin addere "add to, join, attach, place upon," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + -dere comb. form meaning "to put, place," from dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Meaning "to do sums, do addition" also is from late 14c. Related: Added; adding. To add up "make sense" is from 1942.
- verb simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
- verb adjoin, increase; make further comment
- Every year he adds some fresh decoration, some new and exceptional scene.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- It must be confessed (he adds drily) that in England this is a lifelong disqualification.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- This may have increased the resistance, but it adds to the steadiness.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- So that he adds, upon the empty city, 'Burn it and melt its brass'.
- Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
- He adds: “When I had cut the road, and finished the fort,” etc.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- And Allah willing,” he adds, “you will recover and be happy again.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- And the danger for me (it is a danger, I admit) only adds to the—fun.
- Extract from : « The Lightning Conductor Discovers America » by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson and A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
- Any one who adds a general principle to knowledge has been a benefactor to the world.
- Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
- And yet, as he adds, the true legislator is still required: he must co-operate with circumstances.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- He adds that he has exercised a similar power over the patients of his brother Herodicus.
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
Synonyms for adds
- affix
- annex
- ante
- append
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- build up
- calculate
- cast
- charge up
- compute
- continue
- count
- count up
- cue in
- do addition
- enumerate
- figure
- figure in
- flesh out
- heat up
- hike
- hike up
- hitch on
- hook on
- hook up with
- include
- jack up
- jazz up
- join together
- pad
- parlay
- piggyback
- plug into
- pour it on
- reckon
- reckon up
- reply
- run up
- say further
- slap on
- snowball
- soup up
- speed up
- spike
- step up
- sum
- summate
- supplement
- sweeten
- tack on
- tag
- tally
- tot
- tot up
- total
- tote
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