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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin addere; ad + dare (“‘to give, put’”). Compare date, do.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /æd/
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- Rhymes: -æd
[edit] Noun
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add (plural adds)
- (video games) An additional enemy not that is not the primary target in a fight.
[edit] Verb
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to add (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added)
- (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
- The Lord shall add to me another son. - Genesis, 30:24
- (transitive) To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column.
- Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. - John Milton
- As easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years. - John Locke
- Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings. - John Milton
- (transitive) To append, as a statement; to say further.
- He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax. - William Macaulay
- (intransitive) To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety.
- I will add to your yoke. - 1 Kings 12:14
- (intransitive) (mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
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- We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole.
- We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuos connection.
- We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body.
- We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle.
- Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization.
- To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce
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[edit] Translations
to append, as a statement
to make an addition
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to perform the arithmetical operation of addition
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