3 entries found for add.
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Function: verb
Text: 1 to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase <the band recently added a saxophonist and a keyboard player to its ranks> <add another cup of flour to the mixture>
Synonyms adjoin, annex, append, tack (on)
Related Words affix, attach, fasten, fix, graft, hitch, tie; infuse, inject, insert, introduce
Near Antonyms detach, disconnect, disjoin, separate, unfasten; amputate, cut, excise, lop off, sever
Antonyms deduct, remove, subtract, take
2 to combine (numbers) into a single sum <when she added all the phone charges she discovered an error in her bill>
Synonyms foot (up), sum, total
Related Words calculate, cast, cipher, compute, figure, reckon, tally; count, enumerate, number