add
pronunciation
How to pronounce add in British English:
UK [æd]
How to pronounce add in American English:
US [ æd]
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- Verb:
- make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise or scope of
- state or say further
- bestow a quality on
- make an addition by combining numbers
- determine the sum of
- constitute an addition
Word Origin
- add
- add: [14] Etymologically, add means simply ‘put to’. Its source is Latin addere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the stem -dere ‘put’ (which is related to English do). Its original meaning in English was simply ‘join one thing to another’; its specific mathematical use did not develop until the early 16th century.=> do
- add (v.)
- 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.
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Example
- 1. So which countries would we add ?
- 2. You need to add the positives .
- 3. Why add another problem that does not require attention ?
- 4. The fed 's monetary policies merely add a twist .
- 5. Add the glycerin and vitamin c powder .