adding

verbsimple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation

verbadjoin, increase; make further comment

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verb simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation

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addition

noun. arithmetical process of augmentation

additions

noun. arithmetical process of augmentation

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "to join or unite (something to something else)," from Latin addere "add to, join, attach, place upon," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + -dere comb. form meaning "to put, place," from dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Meaning "to do sums, do addition" also is from late 14c. Related: Added; adding. To add up "make sense" is from 1942.

Example Sentences for adding

Then stir in the graham flour, adding the nuts while kneading.

So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

Pound the veal also in a mortar, adding butter to it by degrees.

It will be the better for adding a glass of currant wine also.

It will keep the better for adding to it a wine glass of brandy.

By adding to it lemon juice, you may make what is called negus.

He wrung his hand, only adding, 'Blind leaders of the blind, Pancks!

Work all together into a paste, adding a spoonful of brandy.

Then she introduced the two men, adding, "Billy knows all about you already."

Let us go out, if you, indeed, persist in adding to the pain of both of us.

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calculations

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