add

The word “add” means to combine numbers or amounts to get a total. In plain terms, to put things together, whether numbers, ingredients, or extra words.

“Add” is pronounced ad (/æd/ in IPA).

Here is “add” used in a sentence: “Add 4 and 7 to get 11.”

Words with a similar meaning to “add” include sum, give, increase, lend, append and tack.

The opposite of “add” — its antonyms — are subtract and remove.

“Add” is a verb.

The word “add” comes from Latin. From Latin addere, "to add or put to," from ad- ("to") plus dare ("to give").

“Add” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

Adding and subtracting are opposite operations. To add is to combine numbers or amounts into a larger total, as in 3 plus 4 making 7. To subtract is to take one amount away from another, leaving a smaller result. Addition builds the total up; subtraction breaks it down.

Add is the action of combining numbers, while the sum is the result you get. You add 5 and 6 to reach a sum of 11. In everyday speech people sometimes say sum to mean the calculation itself, but strictly the sum is the total that adding produces.

If you have two apples and buy three more, you add them to get five apples in total. On paper this is written 2 + 3 = 5. Adding also works with money, time, or measurements, any amounts that can be combined into a single larger total.