add
Translation
to add, to append, to sum up, to say further
Examples
Please add sugar to my coffee.
Please add sugar to my coffee.
If you add 5 and 3, you get 8.
If you add 5 and 3, you get 8.
She added a comment at the end.
She added a comment at the end.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) ((to sth.)) to add something to something Please add sugar to my coffee.
((sth.)) ((and sth.)) to add something and something together If you add 5 and 3, you get 8.
Similar Words
Synonyms: include, append; Antonyms: subtract, remove
Etymology
From Latin 'addere', from 'ad-' (to) + 'dare' (to give). Literally 'to give to'.
Memory Tips
Think of the plus sign (+) used in mathematics. It represents adding things together.