add

Definition

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.

Etymology

From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).

Example Sentences

• "to add numbers"
• "[…]as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years."
• "to add a column of numbers"

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