English words starting with add

Meanings of 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.

Meanings of Add fuel to the fire:

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…

Meanings of Add insult to injury:

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…

Meanings of Add insult to injury:

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

Meanings of Add on:

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

Meanings of Add up:

phrasal verb

To increase gradually until there is a large amount:

Meanings of Add-fuel-to:

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…

Meanings of Add-to:

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…

Meanings of Adda:

noun

A place where people gather for conversation.

Usage examples:

So what is it that translates four walls and an eatery into an icon, an adda or a hangout?

Meanings of Addable:

adjective

Capable of being added.

Meanings of Addax:

noun

A large antelope with a mainly greyish and white coat, native to the deserts of north africa.

Usage examples:

At one point, some of the addaxes trotted over to us, no doubt looking for their customary handout.

Meanings of Addaxes:

noun

A large antelope with a mainly greyish and white coat, native to the deserts of north africa.

Usage examples:

At one point, some of the addaxes trotted over to us, no doubt looking for their customary handout.

Meanings of Added:

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

Meanings of Added-to:

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…

Meanings of Addedly:

adverb

Additionally; to an especially pronounced degree, particularly.

Meanings of Addend:

noun

A number which is added to another.

Usage examples:

As its name suggests the accumulator ‘accumulates’ by keeping its addend in memory and incrementing…

Meanings of Addenda:

noun

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

Plural of addendum specialized

Meanings of Addends:

noun

A number which is added to another.

Usage examples:

As its name suggests the accumulator ‘accumulates’ by keeping its addend in memory and incrementing…

Meanings of Addendum:

noun

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

Meanings of Adder:

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.

Meanings of Adders:

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.

Meanings of Adderwort:

noun

(a) the plant bistort, persicaria bistorta; also called snakeweed; compare adder's grass .

Meanings of Addibility:

noun

The property of being addable; = summability .

Meanings of Addible:

adjective

Capable of being added.

Meanings of Addict:

noun

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

Usage examples:

A former heroin addict