add

add
[[t]æ̱d[/t]]
♦
adds, adding, added
1) VERB If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it.

[V n to n] Add the grated cheese to the sauce...

[V n to n] Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water...

He wants to add a huge sports complex to Binfield Manor. [Also V n]

2) VERB If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total.

[V pl-n with together] Banks add all the interest and other charges together...

Two and three added together are five.

Ant:
PHR-V-ERG
Add up means the same as add.

V P More than a quarter of seven year-olds cannot add up properly... V pl-n P We just added all the numbers up and divided one by the other... V P He said the numbers simply did not add up.

3) VERB If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount.

[V to n] Overnight bed-rest in a clinic adds substantially to the cost of cosmetic surgery...

[V to n] Smiles, nods, and cheerful faces added to the general gaiety.

4) VERB To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality.

[V n] The generous amount of garlic adds flavour...

[V n to n] A delicious blend of cider and delicate fruit juices adds a little sparkle to any occasion.

5) VERB If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more.

[V with quote] `You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed,' Mr Brigden added...

[V that] The Italian central bank added that the aim was to provide stability...

[V n] Hunt added his congratulations, saying `Nigel has made a cracking job of it'.

6) PHRASE: V inflects You use added to this or added to that to introduce a fact that supports or widens what you are saying.
add insult to injury → see insult

More than 750 commercial airliners were involved in fatal accidents last year. Added to that were the 1,550 smaller aircraft.

Phrasal Verbs:

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