add up

/æd əp/

/æd əp/

Other forms: added up; adds up; adding up

Definitions of add up

1. verb

   add up in number or quantity
   synonyms: amount, come, number, total

   types:

   work out

   be calculated

   outnumber

   be larger in number

   average, average out

   amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain

   make

   add up to

   type of:

   be

   have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
2. verb

   determine the sum of
   synonyms: add, add together, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up

   add, add together

   make an addition by combining numbers

   type of:

   count, enumerate, number, numerate

   determine the number or amount of
3. verb

   develop into
   synonyms: amount, come

   types:

   aggregate

   amount in the aggregate to

   type of:

   become, turn

   undergo a change or development
4. verb

   be reasonable or logical or comprehensible
   synonyms: make sense

   type of:

   be

   have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)