Add - English meaning

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

To include or build something extra

Usage examples:

We’ve added on a couple of rooms to the house.

verb

Be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land).

Usage examples:

The dining room adjoins a conservatory

verb

To be very near, next to, or touching

Usage examples:

The stables adjoin the west wing of the house., it's at this point that these three neighbourhoods …

verb

Stick, attach, or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Panels to which he affixes copies of fine old prints

noun

An addition to the base form or stem of a word in order to modify its meaning or create a new word.

Usage examples:

Languages that work like this, where whole phrases or clauses can be formed in one word by attachin…

verb

To fasten or stick one thing to another

Usage examples:

Manufacturers were required to affix prominent warning labels on the product itself., affix somethi…

verb

Add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.

Usage examples:

The first ten amendments were annexed to the constitution in 1791

noun

A building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodation.

Usage examples:

The school's one-storey wooden annex

verb

To take possession of an area of land or a country and add it to a larger area, usually by force

Usage examples:

The united states annexed parts of texas and new mexico, which belonged to mexico., [ u ] the annex…

verb

Add (something) to the end of a written document.

Usage examples:

The results of the survey are appended to this chapter

verb

To add something to the end of a piece of writing

Usage examples:

Several footnotes were appended to the text.

verb

To add something to a document

Usage examples:

Append sth to sth a confidentiality agreement was appended to the contract of employment.

verb

Join or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Attach your safety line to the bridge

verb

To fasten, join, or connect something

Usage examples:

Attach something to something i attached a photo to my application form., use this cable to attach …

verb

To join a file such as a document, picture, or computer program, to an email

phrasal verb

Be based on; of theories and claims, for example

phrasal verb

To develop something that was started in the past or created by someone else

Usage examples:

The study builds on research by the nation's leading geneticists., she built her success on years o…

phrasal verb

To use a success or achievement as a base from which to achieve more success

Usage examples:

We must build on our reputation to expand the business., a good relationship is built on trust.

verb

Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

Usage examples:

The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available

verb

Make a mathematical computation

verb

To judge the number or amount of something by using the information that you already have, and adding, taking away, multiplying, or dividing numbers

Usage examples:

The cost of the damage caused by the recent storms has been calculated as/at over £5 million., the …

verb

Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount).

Usage examples:

The hire charge is computed on a daily basis

verb

Make a mathematical calculation

verb

To calculate something using mathematics or a calculator (= a device for doing mathematical processes)

verb

Bring together or into contact so that a real or notional link is established.

Usage examples:

The electrodes were connected to a recording device

verb

To join together two things, or to be joined together

Usage examples:

[ i ] the printer connects to the computer., [ t ] a ferry connects the island to the mainland., [ …

verb

To join two or more pieces of equipment together, or to be joined in this way

Usage examples:

Wireless networks allow you to connect two or more pcs within your own home., connect to sth the ca…

verb

Persist in an activity or process.

Usage examples:

He was unable to continue with his job

verb

To keep happening or to keep doing something without stopping

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] if it continues to rain, we may have to cancel the outdoor concert., [ + to inf…

verb

To keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to do this

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] it's said that as the boat went down the band continued to play., [ + -ing verb…

verb

Determine the total number of (a collection of items).

Usage examples:

I started to count the stars i could see

noun

An act of determining the total number of something.

Usage examples:

At the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding

noun

A foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl.

Usage examples:

He is now a prisoner in a tower of the count's palace

verb

Mention (a number of things) one by one.

Usage examples:

There is not space to enumerate all his works

verb

To name things separately, one by one

Usage examples:

The salesman enumerated the features of the car.

verb

Comprise or contain as part of a whole.

Usage examples:

The price includes dinner, bed, and breakfast

verb

To contain something as a part of something else, or to make something part of something else

Usage examples:

The bill includes tax and service., be included in sth tax and service are included in the bill., […

verb

Link; connect.

Usage examples:

The tap was joined to a pipe

noun

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together.

Usage examples:

It was soldered so well that you couldn't see the join

verb

To connect or fasten things together

Usage examples:

A long suspension bridge joins the two islands., join the two pieces together using strong glue., t…

noun

A word, letter, or number placed before another.

Usage examples:

The institute was granted the prefix ‘royal’ in 1961

verb

Add (something) at the beginning as a prefix or introduction.

Usage examples:

A preface is prefixed to the book

noun

A letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning or make a new word

Usage examples:

In the words "unknown" and "unusual," "un-" is a prefix meaning "not."

verb

Add (something) to the beginning of something else.

Usage examples:

You forgot to prepend ‘i personally believe’ to the statements you are making

verb

To add something to the beginning of something else, especially a piece of data (= information) to the beginning of a computer instruction

Usage examples:

If the remote machine is windows based, prepend the address with smb://.

collocation

Put clothing on one's body

phrasal verb

Place a garment, piece of jewellery, etc. on part of one's body.

Usage examples:

Julie had put on a cotton dress

phrasal verb

Cause a device to operate.

Usage examples:

Shall i put the light on?

verb

Establish by calculation.

Usage examples:

His debts were reckoned at £300,000

verb

To calculate an amount based on facts or on your expectations

Usage examples:

Do you reckon this watch has a little value?, [ + that clause ] brusca reckons that the value of al…

verb

To calculate an amount

Usage examples:

Fees are reckoned in euros but can be paid in any currency., the authors reckon that public sector …

phrasal verb

To add something extra

Usage examples:

They tacked an additional 18% on the bill as a service charge.

phrasal verb

To add something extra to something

Usage examples:

Tacking a 32% surcharge on these products prices them out of u.s. markets., he promised that he wou…

phrasal verb

To add something to what you have said or written at a later time

Usage examples:

Tag on a couple of paragraphs about recent events.

noun

A current score or amount.

Usage examples:

That takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

verb

Agree or correspond.

Usage examples:

Their signatures should tally with their names on the register

noun

A record or count of a number of items

Usage examples:

The final tally was 21 for and 16 against., [ t ] i need to finish tallying the receipts., [ i ] hi…

adjective

Comprising the whole number or amount.

Usage examples:

A total cost of £4,000

noun

The whole number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He scored a total of thirty-three points

verb

Amount in number to.

Usage examples:

They were left with debts totalling £6,260