English dictionary: words starting with add

verb

Join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Usage examples:

I've started a petition so if you would like to add your name, email me

abbreviation

Analogue digital digital, indicating that a music recording was made in analogue format before being mastered and stored digitally.

noun

Any of a range of behavioural disorders occurring primarily in children, including such symptoms as poor concentration, hyperactivity, and learning difficulties.

idiom

To make a bad situation worse

Usage examples:

The president said he wouldn’t add fuel to the fire by commenting without knowing all the facts., i…

phrase

Cause a conflict or difficult situation to worsen or intensify.

Usage examples:

Others in the media have added fuel to the fire by blaming farmers

idiom

To make a bad situation worse

Usage examples:

The president said he wouldn’t add fuel to the fire by commenting without knowing all the facts., i…

phrase

Act in a way that makes a bad situation worse.

Usage examples:

To ask our members to accept a pay cut adds insult to injury

idiom

Said when you feel that someone has made a bad situation worse by doing something else to upset you

Usage examples:

They told me i was too old for the job, and then to add insult to injury, they refused to pay my ex…

phrase

Act in a way that makes a bad situation worse.

Usage examples:

To ask our members to accept a pay cut adds insult to injury

noun

A piece of equipment that can be connected to a computer to give it an extra use:

Usage examples:

Rather, popular music activities have been an add-on to existing workloads.,an add-on section deals…

phrasal verb

Make an addition

phrasal verb

Come to a specified number or amount.

Usage examples:

This adds up to a total of 400 calories

collocation

To increase something, especially something bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

Her colleagues' laughter only added to her embarrassment., price rises for basic foodstuffs added t…

phrasal verb

To increase gradually until there is a large amount:

adjective

Denoting an increased or enhancing quality or factor.

Usage examples:

One vitamin tablet daily will give added protection

verb

Join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Usage examples:

I've started a petition so if you would like to add your name, email me

collocation

To increase something, especially something bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

Her colleagues' laughter only added to her embarrassment., price rises for basic foodstuffs added t…

noun

An item of additional material added at the end of a book or other publication.

Plural of addendum specialized

noun

An item of additional material added at the end of a book or other publication.

noun

A small venomous eurasian snake which has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live young. it is the only poisonous snake in britain.

Usage examples:

The mating system and spacing pattern of adders largely agree with those of sand lizards.

noun

A small venomous eurasian snake which has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live young. it is the only poisonous snake in britain.

Usage examples:

The mating system and spacing pattern of adders largely agree with those of sand lizards.

noun

A person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal drug.

Usage examples:

A former heroin addict

adjective

Physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance.

Usage examples:

She became addicted to alcohol and diet pills

noun

The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.

Usage examples:

He committed the offence to finance his drug addiction

An inability to stop doing or using something, especially something harmful

Usage examples:

Drug addiction, his addiction to alcohol, for people with ocd, cleaning can become an addiction.

noun

The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity.

Usage examples:

He committed the offence to finance his drug addiction

adjective

(of a substance or activity) causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted.

Usage examples:

A highly addictive drug

noun

The fact that you cannot stop taking a drug, doing an activity, etc. once you have started it

Usage examples:

Were the tobacco companies guilty of lying to the public about the addictiveness of smoking?, rital…

noun

A person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal drug.

Usage examples:

A former heroin addict

verb

Join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.

Usage examples:

I've started a petition so if you would like to add your name, email me

abbreviation

Analogue digital digital, indicating that a music recording was made in analogue format before being mastered and stored digitally.

phrasal verb

To include something as part of something else

Usage examples:

A loan for $100 could carry annual interest rates of 50% once fees are added in.

phrasal verb

To increase gradually until there is a large amount

Usage examples:

The changes in air quality are small, but after a while they do add up and affect people's health.,…