Antonyms for add
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ad |
| Phonetic Transcription : æd |
Definition of add
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
- "With just a dash of orange bitters in it," another might add.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Essentially teachers,--I might add, they were publicists as well as professors.
- Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
- We were overjoyed; and I need not add I was very thankful for this good fortune.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- I had almost omitted to add, that he was a ladies' haberdasher.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- They have claims on the magnanimity and, I may add, on the justice of this nation which we must all feel.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- They add up to only a tiny fraction of the price that has been paid for our freedom.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Which of you by being over-anxious can add a single foot to his height?
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- So much is abundantly plain both from what I have said and from what I am about to add.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- More I could add, but brevity is best;-- These are our claims to honour you as Guest.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- Add the milk, butter, salt, and pepper and return the clams.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Synonyms for add
- 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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