add
/æd/ verb A1- To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
- To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up. · to add numbers
- To combine elements of (something) into one quantity. · to add a column of numbers
- To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
- To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information.
- To intensify; to augment; to increase. · It adds to our anxiety.
- To perform the arithmetical operation of addition. · He adds rapidly.
- To summon minions or reinforcements. · Typically, a hostile mob will add whenever it's within the aggro radius of a player.
Plural add · He/she/it adds · Past added · Past participle added · -ing form adding
Verb forms
- Base form
- add
- He/she/it
- adds
- Past
- added
- Past participle
- added
- -ing form
- adding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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But, there, he is in the hands of Justice; and,” added he with a smile, “she will take her own.” So saying, he leaped into a boat, desiring to be rowed on board the Pharaon, where M.
Dantès continued at his post in spite of the presence of the pilot, until this manœuvre was completed, and then he added, “Half-mast the colors, and square the yards!”
It will take quite six weeks to unload the cargo, and we cannot get you ready for sea until three months after that; only be back again in three months, for the Pharaon,” added the owner, patting the young sailor on the back, “cannot sail without her captain.”
It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
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