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    adding (present participle)
    1. join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount:
      "I've started a petition so if you would like to add your name, email me" · "a new wing was added to the building"
    2. put in (an additional element, ingredient, etc.):
      "chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria" · "add the flour to the eggs, stirring continuously" · "when the mixture is soft, add the chopped tomatoes and simmer for another 10 minutes"
      • contribute (an enhancing quality) to something:
        "the canopy will add a touch of class to your bedroom" · "wrought iron fences have been erected, adding some character, and the new road has made a world of difference"
    3. put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total value:
      "in this example, all the odd numbers between 1 and 10 are added together" · "children learned to add and subtract quickly and accurately"
    4. say as a further remark:
      "“I hope we haven't been too much trouble,” she added politely" · "we would like to add our congratulations" · "he added that few of the allies would support such an action"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Latin addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put’.
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    verb
    1. join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount:
      attach
      build on
      add on
      put on
      put in
      append
      adjoin
      join
      affix
      connect
      annex
      include
      prefix
      prepend
      Opposite:
      remove
    2. put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total value:
      add up
      total
      count
      compute
      calculate
      reckon
      tally
      enumerate
      cast up
      add together
      count up
      figure up
      find the sum of
      tot up
      Opposite:
      subtract
    3. say as a further remark:
      continue
      carry on
      go on to say
      state further
      tack on
      tag on
     
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    What does adding mean?
    Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. ADDING definition: 1. present participle of add 2. to put two or more numbers or amounts together to get a total: 3…. Learn more.

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    What does add mean in math?
    more ... To bring two or more numbers (or things) together to make a new total. Here 1 ball is added to 1 ball to make 2 balls. Example: when we add 2 and 3 we get 5. Drag the numbers to the blue boxes to see how addition works: Illustrated definition of Add: To bring two or more numbers (or things) together to make a new total.

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    What does the word 'addition' mean?
    Then came the keyboards player, adding a shimmering chord from the synthesizer. She felt that familiar fear uncoil in her stomach, adding to the fear she felt from what she'd learned. 3 meanings: 1. an act or instance of addition 2. of, for, or relating to addition 3. (in systemic grammar) denoting a bound.... Click for more definitions.

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    What does add up mean?
    Add up means the same as add. More than a quarter of seven year-olds cannot add up properly. [VERB PARTICLE] We just added all the numbers up and divided one by the other. [VERB noun PARTICLE] If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount. This latest incident will add to the pressure on the government.

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    What does it mean if you add something to another?
    If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it. Add the grated cheese to the sauce. [VERB noun + to] He wants to add a huge sports complex to Binfield Manor. [VERB noun + to] If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total.

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    What does add to this mean in a sentence?
    Phrases like add to this/that and added to this/that are often used informally to introduce a statement about something that makes a thing or situation better, worse, more important, etc. We were given little time to finish. Add to this the fact that nobody helped us, and you can understand why we were angry. We were short of money.

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    Addition (usually signified by the plus symbol +) is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, the other three being subtraction, multiplication and division. [2] . The addition of two whole numbers results in the total amount or sum of those …

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