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If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
A. R. Ammons

Meaning of "add up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADD UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADD UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Add up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb add up in English.

WHAT DOES ADD UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of add up in the English dictionary

The first definition of add up in the dictionary is to find the sum. Other definition of add up is to result in a correct total. Add up is also to make sense.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ADD UP

PRESENT

Present
I add up
you add up
he/she/it adds up
we add up
you add up
they add up
Present continuous
I am adding up
you are adding up
he/she/it is adding up
we are adding up
you are adding up
they are adding up
Present perfect
I have added up
you have added up
he/she/it has added up
we have added up
you have added up
they have added up
Present perfect continuous
I have been adding up
you have been adding up
he/she/it has been adding up
we have been adding up
you have been adding up
they have been adding up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I added up
you added up
he/she/it added up
we added up
you added up
they added up
Past continuous
I was adding up
you were adding up
he/she/it was adding up
we were adding up
you were adding up
they were adding up
Past perfect
I had added up
you had added up
he/she/it had added up
we had added up
you had added up
they had added up
Past perfect continuous
I had been adding up
you had been adding up
he/she/it had been adding up
we had been adding up
you had been adding up
they had been adding up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will add up
you will add up
he/she/it will add up
we will add up
you will add up
they will add up
Future continuous
I will be adding up
you will be adding up
he/she/it will be adding up
we will be adding up
you will be adding up
they will be adding up
Future perfect
I will have added up
you will have added up
he/she/it will have added up
we will have added up
you will have added up
they will have added up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been adding up
you will have been adding up
he/she/it will have been adding up
we will have been adding up
you will have been adding up
they will have been adding up
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would add up
you would add up
he/she/it would add up
we would add up
you would add up
they would add up
Conditional continuous
I would be adding up
you would be adding up
he/she/it would be adding up
we would be adding up
you would be adding up
they would be adding up
Conditional perfect
I would have add up
you would have add up
he/she/it would have add up
we would have add up
you would have add up
they would have add up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been adding up
you would have been adding up
he/she/it would have been adding up
we would have been adding up
you would have been adding up
they would have been adding up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you add up
we let´s add up
you add up
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to add up
Past participle
added up
Present Participle
adding up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADD UP

add
add insult to injury
add-on
addable
Addams
addax
addebted
added
added sixth
added sixth chord
added time
added value
addedly
addeem
addend
addenda
addendum
adder
adder´s-meat
adder´s-mouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADD UP

build up
dolled up
dressed up
end up
fed up
fired up
fold up
mixed up
on the up and up
read up
round up
screwed up
speed up
stand up
steamed up
washed up
wind up
worked up
wound up
wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of add up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADD UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «add up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of add up

Translation of «add up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADD UP

Find out the translation of add up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of add up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «add up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

增添
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sumar
570 millions of speakers

English

add up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

को जोड़ें
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُجْمَعُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

складывать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

somar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যোগ করুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

additionner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menambah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

addieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

・・・を合計する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

합계하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nambah munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính tổng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சேர்க்கலாம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जोडू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ekle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sommare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dodać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

складати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a însuma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αθροίζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

optel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

summera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

summere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of add up

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADD UP»

The term «add up» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADD UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about add up

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «ADD UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word add up.
1
A. R. Ammons
If the greatest god is the stillness all the motions add up to, then we must ineluctably be included.
2
Bill Bruford
I saw it as a challenge to play with Pat and we put hours and hours into it, usually on the bus. The trick was to find something that we both wanted to play within our different styles which would add up to being greater than the sum of its parts.
3
David Chase
Network television is all talk. I think there should be visuals on a show, some sense of mystery to it, connections that don't add up.
4
Jim Clyburn
The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up.
5
Frank Delaney
For a startling period of my life, I reported the Troubles in Ireland for the BBC. I lived in Dublin and was called out to all sorts of incidents that, if taken together, add up to a war - bombings, assassinations, riots, shootings, robberies, jailbreaks, kidnappings, and sieges.
6
James Dobson
Unfortunately, many young believers - and some older ones, too - do not know that there will be times in every person's life when circumstances don't add up - when God doesn't appear to make sense. This aspect of the Christian faith is not well advertised.
7
Robert Doisneau
A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.
8
Donald Faison
Now's the time to teach your 5-year-old kid about financing. If they can add, I suggest that you start teaching them about saving that money. And how their money can add up in the future. I think the more you prepare your children for the future, the better off they'll be.
9
Emraan Hashmi
I used to believe that the number eight is unlucky for me and would even avoid anything that would add up to 8 - like 17, 26 and so on. I would religiously visit astrologers and wear different stones to bring in good luck.
10
John Hawkes
I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADD UP»

Discover the use of add up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to add up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mismeasuring Our Lives: Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
In place of GDP, Mismeasuring Our Lives introduces a bold new array of concepts, from sustainable measures of economic welfare, to measures of savings and wealth, to a “green GDP.” At a time when policymakers worldwide are grappling ...
Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, 2013
2
The Triple Bottom Line: Does It All Add Up
This collection provides a review of what has already been achieved in stimulating change in corporate culture and bringing businesses to an appreciation of the importance and benefits of corporate social responsibility.
Adrian Henriques, Julie Richardson, 2013
3
The Triple Bottom Line, Does it All Add Up?: Assessing the ...
In this text leading experts examine the implications of the idea of the "triple bottom line" - the business strategy that delivers simultaneous financial, social and environmental benefits - showing what it has already achieved by ...
Adrian Henriques, Julie Richardson, 2004
4
Getting the Buggers to Add Up
The third edition of this bestselling book for teachers of secondary mathematics has been brought right up to date and benefits from an extra teacher voice.
Mike Ollerton, Peter Sykes, 2012
5
Guinea Pigs Add Up
Mr. Gilbert brings in a guinea pig as a class pet, but it looks so lonely he brings another, and before long the class is getting an unexpected lesson in addition--and a very full cage.
Margery Cuyler, 2010
6
How Social and Emotional Development Add Up: Getting Results ...
This landmark volume is essential reading for math and science teachers who are eager to find creative and stimulating ways to engage student's interest and to boost their academic performance.
Norris M. Haynes, Michael Ben-Avie, Jacque Ensign, 2003
7
Cats Add Up!
In a story that includes math activities, a family with one cat keeps adding more until they are able to give some of the cats away.
Dianne Ochiltree, 2006
8
Unaccountable Congress: It Doesn't Add Up
In this new edition, he traces events since 1992 that have directly contributed to today's economic crisis-from its roots in misguided financial legislation and lack of oversight and political accountability through massive increases in ...
Joseph J. DioGuardi, 2010
9
Accounting Practices Don't Add Up: Why They Don't and what ...
If you want to be that firm, you need to read 'Accounting Practices Don't Add Up' to learn how.In this book, Rob Nixon reveals how he helps accounting firms succeed.ABOUT THE AUTHORRob Nixon has been helping accounting firms achieve massive ...
Rob Nixon, 2011
10
Does Your Love Life Add Up?: How to Use Numbers to Find Your ...
A fun and easy way to use numerology to learn more about your relationships, from Australia's leading numerologist.
Max Coppa, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADD UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term add up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Federal funding figures just don't add up for students in Queensland …
Federal funding figures just don't add up for students in Queensland public schools. by: Brittany Vonow; From: The Courier-Mail; July 06, 2015 ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
2
Cavin: IndyCar fines don't add up
Question: Let's compare. Tristan Vautier hits a crew member at Auto Club Speedway, sends him to the hospital and gets fined $10,000. Graham ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
3
Etixx-Quick-Step had the numbers, but couldn't make them add up to …
Etixx-Quick-Step had the numbers, but couldn't make them add up to victory. By Gregor Brown; Published 7 hours ago. Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Share0. 0 0 0 0. «velonews.competitor.com, Jul 15»
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Fine weather, big country act add up to fun at Riverfest
Fine weather, big country act add up to fun at Riverfest. See it in Print. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email. « Fireworks Buy Now ... «La Crosse Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Roger Helmer: The sums don't add up for renewable energy
FOR many years, the Holy Grail of renewables has been to hit "grid parity" – in other words, to generate energy so cheaply that it is directly ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
The Small Diet Changes That Can Add Up to Big Weight Loss
How to lose weight weight by eliminating some foods, and adding a few also. (Photo: Getty Images). There's no one-size-fits all approach to ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
7
EXCLUSIVE: Murders at NYCHA buildings add up despite efforts to …
As the weather heated up in May, the killings began to mount in the city's public housing. In the span of just 11 days, there were six murders at ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Bob Finnan: Cleveland Cavaliers-David West rumors don't add up
Brooklyn Nets forward Joe Johnson (7) defends Indiana Pacers forward David West, center, as Nets guard Alan Anderson looks on in the ... «News-Herald.com, Jul 15»
9
Homers add up to victory for Sounds
ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Sounds hit four solo home runs, and Jake Smolinski doubled in the top of the 10th inning to drive in the go-ahead ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
10
Letter: Add up tar sands extraction's true costs
The Division of Oil, Gas and Mining of Utah is charged to mine our earth and make money (while regulating the process). At its June 30 ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»

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