Dictionary Entry
add
add is a 3-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
- 2transitive verb
To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally; as, to add numbers; to add up a column.
- 3transitive verb
To append, as a statement; to say further.
- 4intransitive verb
To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase; as, it adds to our anxiety.
- 5intransitive verb
To perform the arithmetical operation of addition; as, he adds rapidly.
- 6noun
a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
- 7verb
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
"We added two students to that dorm room"
"She added a personal note to her letter"
- 8verb
make an addition by combining numbers
"Add 27 and 49, please!"
- 9verb
determine the sum of
"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
- 10verb
state or say further
"`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
- 11verb
bestow a quality on
"Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"
"The music added a lot to the play"
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- 12verb
constitute an addition
"This paper will add to her reputation"
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