add

From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”), from ad (“to”) + dō (“give”).

• enPR: ăd, IPA^(key): /æd/

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• Rhymes: -æd
• Homophone: ad

add (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.

   to add numbers

   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:

     […] as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.

3. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.

   to add a column of numbers

4. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 30:24:

     The Lord shall add to me another son.

   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

5. (transitive) To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on.
   • 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, →OCLC, page 37:

     He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax

   • 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., →OCLC:

     "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."

6. (intransitive) To make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on.

   It adds to our anxiety.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:14:

     I will add to your yoke

   • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:

     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.

7. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

   He adds rapidly.

8. (intransitive, video games) To summon minions or reinforcements.

   Typically, a hostile mob will add whenever it's within the aggro radius of a player.

9. (transitive, Internet, text messaging, video games) To add someone as a friend.

• To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce.

• (join or unite so as to increase the number): annex; See also Thesaurus:add
• (put together mentally): add up, sum; See also Thesaurus:summate
• (give by way of increased possession): bestow, give; See also Thesaurus:give
• (combine elements into one quantity): coalesce, join, unite
• (say further information): mention, note
• (make an addition): augment, increase; See also Thesaurus:augment
• (perform the arithmetical operation of addition):

• (antonym(s) of “quantity”): subtract
• (antonym(s) of “matter”): remove

• addend

add (plural adds)

1. (radio) The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
   • 2006, David Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, page 370:

     In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist.

   • 2013, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, From Demo to Delivery:

     Effectiveness of their work is measured by the number of “adds” they receive on the airplay charts of major trades.

2. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.
   • 2004, C. K. Birdsall, A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation, page 75:

     List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).

3. (video games) An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.

   When the player has fought the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.

• DAD, Dad, dad

From English add. Compare Mandarin 加 (jiā, “to friend”).

add

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, social media) to friend; to add someone as contact, friend, or follower

• adjad

ad +‎ -d

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒdː]
• Hyphenation: add
• Rhymes: -ɒdː

add

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of ad

Unadapted borrowing from English add.

add

1. (Brazil, Internet slang, uninflected) to add in certain internet services
   1. to friend (to add as a friend in a social network)
   2. to add (to add as a contact in an instant messenger service)

A rare occurrence in Portuguese, this verb is not inflected and will be in its infinitive form regardless of person or tense.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:add.

• ad, ade, adde

From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”), from ad (“to”) + dō (“give”).

• IPA^(key): /ad/

add (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle addin, simple past addit, past participle addit)

1. (transitive) to add (give in addition)
2. (archaic, Middle Scots, intransitive) to make an addition to the exercise at the meetings of presbytery

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.