add
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,795 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,099 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of We added two students to that dorm roomShe added a personal note to her letter
- state or say further also: append, supply `It doesn't matter,' he supplied
- bestow a quality on also: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, bring Her presence lends a certain cachet to the companyThe music added a lot to the play
- make an addition by combining numbers also: add together Add 27 and 49, please!
- determine the sum of also: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
- constitute an addition This paper will add to her reputation
noun
- a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders also: attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage
add in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was going on to add that mandibula signified jaw bone; abdomen, meant belly.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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Go, and add to the number of those whom it is my pleasure to torture.’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible.
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters · Abraham Lincoln · Chapter 1
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It may add to the charm of an idle hour to be told the purpose of his exertions.
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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I must add that when I once asked her who the latter personage was she was unable to tell me.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1