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add

/æd/ noun C2
  1. The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
  2. An act or instance of adding.
  3. An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target. · When the player has fought the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.

Plural adds

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To add to their discomfort, they soon heard strange noises in the depths of the forest, and the Lion whispered to them that it was in this part of the country that the Kalidahs lived.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 40 · B2
Not, of course,” she hastened to add, “that anybody would.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 110 · C1
What weight can my blood add to the wool?
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 32 · B2
Escaping, the Fly said mockingly, “You who have wished to revenge, even with death, the Prick of a tiny insect, see what you have done to yourself to add insult to injury?” The Bald Man replied, “I can easily make peace with myself, because I know there was no intention to hurt.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 99 · B2

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