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AD/æd/

To add is to put something extra in, or to join numbers: add sugar, add the two figures. The pattern is add A to B. Plus is the spoken maths word; include is “have as a part,” not the act of putting more in. Addition is the noun. Do not say “add it with” — use to.

Meaning

To put something with something else to increase it or complete it.

Examples

• “Add some salt to the soup.”
• “Can you add my name to the list?”
• “Add the milk slowly and keep stirring.”

Good to know

add A to B. Noun: addition. Opposite: take away / subtract.

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