v.
    - join to or put with something else.
 - put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total value. 
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(add up)
 increase in amount, number, or degree.
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(add up to)
 amount to.
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(add up)
 informal make sense.
 - say as a further remark.
 
 
  Etymology
  ME: from L. addit-, addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put’.