Add
/æd/
verbBeginnerVery CommonGeneral
Idiom
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Definitions
1
To combine or unite.
/æd/
verbneutralBeginner
General
To join something to something else.
Add more sugar to your coffee.
💡 Simply: To put something with something else.
More Examples
2
Please add your name to the list.
How It's Used
Mathematics
"Add 2 and 2 to get 4."
Cooking
"Add the salt to the soup."
Idioms & expressions
add fuel to the fire
To make a bad situation worse.
"His comments only added fuel to the fire."
From Old English *ædan "to add, to join". Related to other Germanic words with similar meanings.
The word 'add' has been used in similar contexts since Old English times, primarily in the sense of combining or joining.
Memory tip
Think of adding things together, like building a LEGO structure.
Practice
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