Definition of "add"

add

/æd/

verb
third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added
1. (transitive) 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.
2. To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
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  […] as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.
  1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […]
3. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
4. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
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  The Lord shall add to me another son.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 30:24
  Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
  1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
5. (transitive) To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on.
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  He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax
  1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, page 37
  "Bless your dear heart," she said, "I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas." Then she added, "But, if I do, you must give me the Golden Cap."
  1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co.
6. (intransitive) To make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on.
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  I will add to your yoke
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Kings 12:14
  Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. […] Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.
  2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3
7. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
8. (intransitive, video games) To summon minions or reinforcements.
noun
plural adds
1. (radio) The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
  Quotations
  In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist.
  2006, David Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, page 370
  Effectiveness of their work is measured by the number of “adds” they receive on the airplay charts of major trades.
  2013, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, From Demo to Delivery
2. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.
  Quotations
  List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).
  2004, C. K. Birdsall, A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation, page 75
3. (video games) An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.

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