add
Plural: adds
Noun
- a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
- An act or instance of adding.
- An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.
Verb
Verb Forms: added, adding, adds
- To join something to another to increase its value.
- 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"
- state or say further
- bestow a quality on
- "The music added a lot to the play"
- "This adds a light note to the program"
- make an addition by combining numbers
- "Add 27 and 49, please!"
- determine the sum of
- "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
- constitute an addition
- "This paper will add to her reputation"
- To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
- To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
- To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
- To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
- To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on.
- To intensify; to augment; to increase; to add on.
- To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
- To summon minions or reinforcements.
- To add someone as a friend.
Examples
- He adds rapidly.
- It adds to our anxiety.
- Just add an S to that word and you’ll get 10 more points.
- to add a column of numbers
- to add numbers
- Typically, a hostile mob will add whenever it's within the aggro radius of a player.
- When the player has fought the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).
Synonyms
add together, add up, ADHD, append, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bestow, bring, contribute, hyperkinetic syndrome, impart, lend, MBD, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction, sum, sum up, summate, supply, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up, add, annex, augment, coalesce, give, increase, join, mention, note, tack, unite
Scrabble Score: 5
add: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordadd: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
add: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary