What does "add" mean?
The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
Add
/æd/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
- Grammar: add is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: append, lend, sum, accessioning.
- Useful contrasts: abstract performance metric, withdrawn, abstract.
- Usage evidence: Could you add the cost to my room bill?
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
"In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist."
- 2 Initialism of attention deficit disorder. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 a condition characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation wordnet
- 4 An act or instance of adding.
"List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8)."
- 5 Initialism of accidental death and dismemberment. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Although not sought by QuesTech, the dismemberment portion of the policy was nonetheless issued as an integral part of Hartford’s standard ADD policy."
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- 6 An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.
"When the player has fought the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with."
- 7 A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in analog but mixed and mastered in digital.
Verb
- 1 To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. transitive
- 2 make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of wordnet
- 3 To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
"to add numbers"
- 4 make an addition by combining numbers wordnet
- 5 To combine elements of (something) into one quantity. transitive
"to add a column of numbers"
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- 6 determine the sum of wordnet
- 7 To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on). transitive
"The Lord shall add to me another son."
- 8 state or say further wordnet
- 9 To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information. transitive
"He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax"
- 10 bestow a quality on wordnet
- 11 To intensify; to augment; to increase. intransitive
"It adds to our anxiety."
- 12 constitute an addition wordnet
- 13 To perform the arithmetical operation of addition. intransitive
"He adds rapidly."
- 14 To summon minions or reinforcements. intransitive
"Typically, a hostile mob will add whenever it's within the aggro radius of a player."
- 15 To add someone as a friend. Internet, transitive
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Could you add the cost to my room bill?"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "add"?
Common synonyms include: append, lend, sum, accessioning, acquire, add together.
How do you use "add" in a sentence?
Could you add the cost to my room bill?
How do you pronounce "add"?
Pronounced /æd/.
Etymology
From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).