add
//æd//
Forms
- present (v1)
- add
- past (v2)
- added
- past participle (v3)
- added
- present participle
- adding
- 3rd person singular
- adds
- Plural
- adds
Definitions
1.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.
- Please add my name to the list.
2.To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
- Please add my name to the list.
3.To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
- The Lord shall add to me another son.
4.To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
- I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations.
1.The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
- In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist.
- Effectiveness of their work is measured by the number of “adds” they receive on the airplay charts of major trades.
2.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.
3.A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in analog but mixed and mastered in digital.
4.An act or instance of adding.
- List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #362
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English adden
From Latin addō (“add, give unto”).