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Verb add has 6 senses
- add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise 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"
--1 is one way to increase
Antonyms: take away, take out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- add, append, supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
--2 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentence:
They add that there was a traffic accident
- lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring - 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"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- add, add together - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"
--4 is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Antonyms: subtract, deduct, take off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
--5 is one way to count, number, enumerate, numerate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- add - constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"
--6 is one way to form, constitute, make
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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