add

verb

ˈad How to pronounce add (audio)
Definition of addnext
1
as in to attach
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase the band recently added a saxophonist and a keyboard player to its ranks add another cup of flour to the mixture

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2
as in to calculate
to combine (numbers) into a single sum when she added all the phone charges herself, she discovered an error in her bill

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Recent Examples of add The Dodgers also plan to add a pitcher and remove a position player, to balance the roster at 13 pitchers and 13 position players. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Willis also added 74 yards rushing and touchdown on eight carries. — Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026 The space is warm and lo-fi—Polaroids of friends and a handwritten lineup of the day’s specials (which can be added at a supplementary cost) are stuck to a noticeboard—but the food is sharp and assured. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026 Falling asleep during a long or overnight flight can add another concern for travelers wearing contacts. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for add
Recent Examples of Synonyms for add
  1. attach
  2. calculate
  3. introduce
  4. sum
  5. insert
  6. count
  7. affix
  8. compute
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  • Unlike motion-capture systems that rely on rigid sensors attached to clothing, the design uses soft components throughout its sensing surface.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The hotel is attached to iconic Moody Theater, in the 2nd Street District of downtown Austin, where Austin City Limits Live concerts are taped.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of attach
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  • The group compared water bills in 2025 to 2015, calculating the annual amount for a typical household using 60,000 gallons of water indoors, or about 50 gallons per person per day.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Integral members of American society, whose absence contributes to financial and psychological damage to other Americans—typically children—in ways yet to be calculated.
    — Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of calculate
Verb
  • The sales company is introducing the title to buyers at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
    — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Japan, with the oldest population in the world, introduced a tax on all over-40s in 2000, ring-fenced for care.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduce
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  • The transform works by summing a bunch of signals and multiplying each by a special exponential factor.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Kaia Wilson once summed it up perfectly with the wise words of Stevie Nicks.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of sum
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  • Similarly, after users realized the Rumpelstiltskin meme was made with AI, the clip quickly became a template for users to insert their own characters.
    — Angela Yang, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
  • French design firm Gilles & Boissier helped design the 21 guestrooms, inserting green spaces filled with palm trees and other tropical flora to make each living space feel ultra-private.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of insert
Verb
  • That changed two weeks ago, when one death was finally counted, and again last week when a second was added to the agency's tally.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Since the automation kept the call, the system counts it as handled.
    — Malte Kosub, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of count
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  • Not far away is Lucas’s now iconic photograph Chicken Knickers (1997), showing a raw whole chicken affixed to the front of a woman’s underwear.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Aerosmith teased the shows earlier this week with a post on social media where lead singer Steven Tyler stood on a ladder next to photographer Ross Halpin, affixing letters to the Hollywood Bowl sign.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of affix
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  • Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.
    — Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of compute

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“Add.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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