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Definitions for Adding

[1] to unite or join so as to increase the number, quantity, size, or importance: to add two cups of sugar; to add a postscript to her letter; to add insult to injury.
[2] to find the sum of (often followed by up ): Add this column of figures. Add up the grocery bills.
[3] to say or write further.
[4] to include (usually followed by in ): Don't forget to add in the tip.
[5] to perform the arithmetic operation of addition: children learning to add and subtract.
[6] to be or serve as an addition (usually followed by to ): His illness added to the family's troubles.
[7] Journalism . copy added to a completed story.
[8] add up to , to signify; indicate: The evidence adds up to a case of murder.
[9] add up , to make the desired, expected, or correct total: These figures don't add up right. to seem reasonable or consistent; be in harmony or accord: Some aspects of the story didn't add up.
[10] an act or instance of addition
[11] of, for, or relating to addition
[12] (in systemic grammar) denoting a bound clause that qualifies the meaning of an antecedent noun rather than of the sentence as a whole Compare contingency (def. 4)
[13] to combine (two or more numbers or quantities) by addition
[14] (tr foll by to ) to increase (a number or quantity) by another number or quantity using addition
[15] (tr often foll by to ) to join (something) to something else in order to increase the size, quantity, effect, or scope; unite (with) to add insult to injury
[16] (intr foll by to ) to have an extra and increased effect (on) her illness added to his worries
[17] (tr) to say or write further
[18] (tr foll by in ) to include
[19] informal an instance of adding someone to one's list of contacts on a social networking site, esp MySpace Thanks for the add!
[20] attention deficit disorder

Words related to Adding

addreply, include, boost, continue, count, compute, calculate, figure, reckon, sum, tally, tot, tote, cast, enumerate, total, summate, augment, annex, hike

Words nearby Adding

addadat, adaxial, adazzle, adc, adcock antenna, add, add fuel to the fire, add insult to injury, add up, add up to, add-in

Origin of Adding

1325–75; Middle English adden < Latin addere, equivalent to ad- ad- + -dere to put (combining form; see do1)

Words that may be confused with Adding

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, addad, add, odd, addable, edible, adds, ads, adz

Other words from Adding

add·a·ble , add·i·ble , adjective
add·ed·ly , adverb
mis·add , verb
re·add , verb (used with object)
un·add·a·ble , adjective
un·add·ed , adjective
un·add·i·ble , adjective

Word origin for Adding

C14: from Latin addere, literally: to put to, from ad- to + -dere to put

Synonyms for Adding

calculate, cast, compute, count, enumerate, figure, reckon, sum, summate, tally, tot, total, tote, count up, do addition, reckon up, tot up