Definition of Add up

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add up
have a sum of, sum up; make sense, form an understandable conclusion

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WordNet 2.0
add up

Verb
1. develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
(synonym) come, amount
(hypernym) become, turn
(hyponym) aggregate
2. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
(synonym) total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally
(hypernym) count, number, enumerate, numerate
(verb-group) add, add together
3. add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
(synonym) total, number, come, amount
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) work out
4. be reasonable or logical or comprehensible
(synonym) make sense
(hypernym) be

ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION
add up
seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don`t really add up.

hEnglish - advanced version
add up

add up
addible \add"i*ble\ (&?;), a. capable of being added. "addible numbers."


Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
add up
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