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
  • Police said groups numbering from several hundred to more than 1,000 people formed unauthorized marches across central Paris on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Autograph tickets will be numbered, with fans who purchase earlier receiving priority placement in line, the store said.
    — Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of number
Verb
  • During seven trial campaigns totaling 3,000 hours, researchers at the Brisbane facility tested raw concentrate with arsenic levels as high as 7 percent.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Bet $5 per day for seven days to earn a $50 bonus token each day, totaling $350.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • Simply put, to stay economically competitive, America needs computing power that matches or beats its adversaries’.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its defenses now include virtual machines that isolate computing environments from host systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of compute
Verb
  • The familiar scent of grilling merguez wafted through the air as Violette began to enumerate the system’s failures.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In fact, the tricks enumerated in the paper are already getting old, one of the paper’s authors, Tina Yeung, told me.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of enumerate
Verb
  • Because Tesla’s bylaws count abstentions as votes against, the measure failed, Bloomberg reported.
    — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of count
Verb
  • Lamm told TechCrunch that conventional breeding can produce dogs with poor eyesight or genetic predispositions to cancer.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Beirut City Pop, the latest compilation by archival label Habibi Funk, tells the story of the artists who dared to imagine a life beyond war.
    — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tell
Verb
  • The commission unanimously voted to table an amendment changing the Unincorporated Lake County Unified Development Ordinance at its Wednesday evening meeting.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Deadline understands that the company has teamed up with Screen Scotland to table the proposal.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of table
Verb
  • In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Recruiting enough staff for the vote has been a challenge, and Elections Alberta staff are expected to work around the clock to tally the results.
    — Sheena Rossiter, NPR, 19 Oct. 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 25 Oct. 2026.

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