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English Dictionary: Add by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Add
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ADD
n
  1. a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
    Synonym(s): attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD
v
  1. 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 room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
    Antonym(s): take away, take out
  2. state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
    Synonym(s): add, append, supply
  3. bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
    Synonym(s): lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
  4. make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"
    Synonym(s): add, add together
    Antonym(s): deduct, subtract, take off
  5. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
    Synonym(s): total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
  6. constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Add \Add\, v. i.
      1. To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase;
            as, it adds to our anxiety. [bd]I will add to your
            yoke.[b8] --1 Kings xii. 14.
  
      2. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he
            adds rapidly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Add \Add\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Added}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Adding}.] [L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. {Date},
      {Do}.]
      1. To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to
            bestow (on).
  
                     The Lord shall add to me another son. --Gen. xxx.
                                                                              24.
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