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- [ad uhp]
- /æd ʌp/
- /æd ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ad uhp]
- /æd ʌp/
Definitions of add up words
- phrasal verb add up If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible. 3
- phrasal verb add up If small amounts of something add up, they gradually increase. 3
- verb add up to find the sum (of) 3
- verb add up to result in a correct total 3
- verb add up to make sense 3
- verb add up to amount to 3
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Origin of add up
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English adden < Latin addere, equivalent to ad- ad- + -dere to put (combining form; see do1)
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Parts of speech for Add up
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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
add up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
add up usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for add up
verb add up
- amass — If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
- collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- sum — the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition: The sum of 6 and 8 is 14.
- assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- number — one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
Antonyms for add up
verb add up
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- disconnect — SCSI reconnect
- break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.