add (up)

verb

Definition of add (up)next
as in to number

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
  1. number
  2. total
  3. compute
  4. enumerate
  5. count
  6. tell
  7. table
  8. tally
Verb
  • Using your phone less The days of switching between apps to complete a task could be numbered.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Teen takeovers are when large groups of teenagers, sometimes numbering in the thousands, are drawn to specific areas of a city mostly through social media posts, and usually result in chaos and arrests, authorities said.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of number
Verb
  • The house was built in 1989 and the living area totals 4,782 square feet.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Minnesota United midfielder failed on two penalty kicks in a draw with UANL Tigres on Friday, but the Argentine totaled two goals and an assist in a 3-1 win over Atlante in the third and final Leagues Cup match Tuesday at Allianz Field.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • Nvidia would supply computing hardware through the chip arrangement instead of directly funding construction.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Because if the Protocol upends the REC market with precisely imprecise requirements almost no one is ready to meet, investors will be able to compute the hit to companies’ bottom line.
    — Mike Feibus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of compute
Verb
  • The other side of the coin here is those who only want to question the integrity of the country, or only want to enumerate its deals with the devil, that’s not healthy either.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026
  • Though deferred action dates back at least to President Richard Nixon, Meissner issued a memo in 2000 enumerating 13 factors that immigration agents should consider before deporting someone.
    — Lauren Villagran, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of enumerate
Verb
  • And Pereyra scored again on another assist from Caldeira in the 89th minute; that one needed a VAR check to count.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Even Larry Gagosian, in an interview this year, counted his attempt to establish a gallery there as one of his two notable failures.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of count
Verb
  • The study of a patient’s urine was an extremely popular practice in the Middle Ages, even though doctors could tell precious little about what was ailing someone just by looking at a sample in a jar.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Backstage, Kenny Omega calls the Don Callis Family bullies and tells them to pick any three members to face him and The Young Bucks, who are standing beside Omega, next week.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of tell
Verb
  • The request comes after a heated Tuesday Commissioners Court meeting, where commissioners unanimously voted to table proposals to reduce the number of Election Day and early voting sites available in Tarrant County.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The motion to table the resolution failed after a party-line vote.
    — Daniel Payne, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of table
Verb
  • Second-round rookie Gabe Jacas tallied a would-be sack on his first snap of team drills, but was invisible most of the day.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
  • While volunteers scour the county to visibly count tents, vehicles and other improvised shelters, LAHSA polls shelters through the information system to tally those indoors.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of tally
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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