ALL meanings of add up
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A a - 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
- noun add up to calculate the total of 3
- noun add up to equal the expected sum 3
- noun add up to seem reasonable 3
- verb with object add up to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance: to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter; to add insult to injury. 1
- verb with object add up to find the sum of (often followed by up): Add this column of figures. Add up the grocery bills. 1
- verb with object add up to say or write further. 1
- verb with object add up to include (usually followed by in): Don't forget to add in the tip. 1
- verb without object add up to perform the arithmetic operation of addition: children learning to add and subtract. 1
- verb without object add up to be or serve as an addition (usually followed by to): His illness added to the family's troubles. 1
- noun add up Journalism. copy added to a completed story. 1
- idioms add up add up, to make the desired, expected, or correct total: These figures don't add up right. to seem reasonable or consistent; be in harmony or accord: Some aspects of the story didn't add up. 1
- verb add up (Transitive Verb) To take a sum. 0
- verb add up (Intransitive Verb) To accumulate; to amount to. 0
- verb add up (Idiomatic) VI To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent. 0