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VERB

simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation

Synonyms

STRONG

calculate cast compute count enumerate figure reckon sum summate tally tot total tote

WEAK

count up do addition reckon up tot up

Antonyms

STRONG

estimate guess subtract

WEAK

decrease deduct diminish lessen reduce remove withdraw

VERB

adjoin, increase; make further comment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boost continue include reply

STRONG

affix annex ante append augment hike pad parlay piggyback snowball spike supplement sweeten tag

WEAK

beef up build up charge up cue in figure in flesh out heat up hike up hitch on hook on hook up with jack up jazz up join together plug into pour it on run up say further slap on soup up speed up step up tack on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

halt

STRONG

decrease detach subtract

WEAK

deduct diminish lessen reduce remove withdraw

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the June 5, 2026, print edition as 'Walmart Adds Subway to Delivery Service'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Adds Mason: “You’ll see changes, I’m sure of it. If we’re not making changes, we’re doing the wrong thing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Adds Ms. Ackmann: “She once joked that if she lived to be one hundred, she hoped people would say, ‘dang, she looks good for her age!’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Adds Taylor: “I was running across a field with a machine gun in my hand, running and jumping. I really thought I was Tom Cruise.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Juba, to all the bravery of a hero, Adds softest love, and more than female sweetness; Juba might make the proudest of our sex, Any of womankind, but Marcia, happy.

From Cato A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Addison, Joseph