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add / ad/ • v. [tr.] 1. join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount: a new wing was added to the building [intr.] this development added to the problems facing the staff. ∎ [intr.] (add up) increase in amount, number, or degree: watch those air miles add up! ∎ put or mix (an ingredient) together with another as one of the stages in the preparation of a dish: add the flour to the eggs. ∎ put (something) in or on something else so as to improve or alter its quality or nature: chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria. ∎ contribute (an enhancing quality) to something. 2. put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total value: they added all the figures up [intr.] children learned to add and subtract. ∎ [intr.] (add up to) amount to: this adds up to a total of 400 calories | fig. these isolated incidents don't add up to a true picture of the situation. ∎ [intr.] (add up) inf. seem reasonable or consistent; make sense: many things in her story didn't add up. 3. say as a further remark: we would like to add our congratulations. |
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"add." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "add." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-add005.html "add." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-add005.html |
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add unite, say in addition, perform the arithmetical process of addition. XIV. — L. addere, f. AD- + base of facere DO1.
So addendum, pl. -a XVIII. sb use of gerundive of L. addere, additament XIV. — L. additāmentum, f. addere, addit-. addition XIV. — F. or L. Hence additional XVII; cf. F. additionel. additive XVII. — late L. additīvus. |
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T. F. HOAD. "add." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "add." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-add.html T. F. HOAD. "add." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-add.html |
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ADD • abbr. ∎ analog digital digital, indicating that a music recording was made in analog format before being mastered and stored digitally. ∎ attention deficit disorder. |
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"ADD." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ADD." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-add.html "ADD." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-add.html |
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•ad, add, Allahabad, bad, Baghdad, bedad, begad, cad, Chad, clad, dad, egad, fad, forbade, gad, glad, grad, had, jihad, lad, mad, pad, plaid, rad, Riyadh, sad, scad, shad, Strad, tad, trad
•chiliad • oread
•dryad, dyad, naiad, triad
•Sinbad • Ahmadabad • Jalalabad
•Faisalabad • Islamabad • Hyderabad
•grandad • Soledad • Trinidad
•doodad • Galahad • Akkad • ecad
•cycad, nicad
•ironclad • nomad • maenad
•monad, trichomonad
•gonad • scratch pad • sketch pad
•keypad • helipad • launch pad
•notepad • footpad • touch pad • farad
•tetrad • Stalingrad • Leningrad
•Conrad • Titograd • undergrad
•Volgograd • Petrograd • hexad
•Mossad • Upanishad • pentad
•heptad • octad
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"add." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "add." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-add.html "add." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-add.html |
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