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add

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dzodinka.

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

add (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added)

  1. (transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
  2. To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
    to add numbers
    • 2022 August 7, Alec Wilkinson, “Could learning algebra in my 60s make me smarter?”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 22 March 2023:
      I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations.
  3. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
    to add a column of numbers
  4. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
    • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
  5. (transitive) To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information.
  6. (intransitive) To intensify; to augment; to increase.
    It adds to our anxiety.
    • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:
      Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. […] Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.
  7. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
    He adds rapidly.
  8. (intransitive, video games) To summon minions or reinforcements.
    Typically, a hostile mob will add whenever it's within the aggro radius of a player.
  9. (transitive, Internet, text messaging, video games) To add someone as a friend.

to append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on

to make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on — see also put

to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up

add (plural adds)

  1. (radio) The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
    • 2006, David Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, page 370:
      In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist.
    • 2013, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, From Demo to Delivery:
      Effectiveness of their work is measured by the number of “adds” they receive on the airplay charts of major trades.
  2. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.
    • 2004, C. K. Birdsall, A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation, page 75:
      List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).
  3. (video games) An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.
    When the player has fought the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.

From English add. Compare Mandarin 加 (jiā, “to friend”).

add

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, social media) to friend; to add someone as contact, friend, or follower

add

  1. inflection of addya:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

ad +‎ -d

add

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of ad

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

add

  1. (transitive) to add (give in addition)
  2. (archaic, intransitive) to make an addition to the exercise at the meetings of presbytery

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Unadapted borrowing from English add. Sometimes seen as a shortening of adicionar and all of its conjugations.

add

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang, uninflected) to add in certain internet services
    Synonym: adicionar
    • 2014, Mônica d'Olliveira, Rodopios: Antologia, Editora Filhos do Vento, →ISBN, page 18:
      E se estiver se sentido muito sozinho, e isso puder ajudar, pode me add no Orkut mas não esqueça de deixar um scrap.
      And if you're feeling really lonely, and if it can help, you can add me on Orkut but don’t forget to leave a scrap.
    1. to friend (to add as a friend in a social network)
    2. to add (to add as a contact in an instant messenger service)

A rare occurrence in Portuguese, this verb is not inflected and will be in its infinitive form regardless of person or tense.