# add

Pronunciation: say "AD" /æd/

## Verb

1. To join or put one thing with another, or several things together, so as to increase the number, amount, or size, or to form a single whole.
   - Simple: To put something with something else so there is more of it or it becomes bigger.
   - _The museum plans to add three galleries to its east wing._
   - _Stir the batter gently after adding the eggs._
2. To say or write something further, in addition to what has already been said.
   - Simple: To say something more after you have already said something.
   - _The spokesperson added that no one had been injured._
   - _I should add that the offer expires on Friday._
3. To make something greater or more intense, used with to.
   - Simple: To make something bigger or stronger, used with the word to.
   - _Rising rents add to the pressure on young families._
   - _Each new rumor added to the confusion in the newsroom._
4. To carry out addition in arithmetic, combining numbers to find their sum.
   - Simple: To do the math that puts numbers together, like 2 plus 3.
   - _Most calculators add and subtract in a fraction of a second._
   - _Children learn to add long before they learn to multiply._
5. To make someone a friend or contact on a social network, online game or messaging service.
   - Simple: To make someone your friend on an app, website, or online game.
   - _I'll add you once I get home, so send me your username._
   - _He added half the server after the tournament._

## Other meanings

- (noun) In computing, a single act of adding, treated as one operation.
- (noun) In radio, the placing of a song on a station's playlist.
- (noun) In video games, an extra enemy that joins a fight later than the main target.
- (verb) In video games, of an extra enemy, to join a fight already under way; also, of a boss, to bring such enemies into the fight.

## Origin

From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/add (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).