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
  • Manager Xabi Alonso named a 24-man squad and yet the number of players omitted numbered well into double figures.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Under her proposal, a handful of municipal layoffs citywide will number in the single digits.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of number
Verb
  • Angus Gunn totaled six saves for San Jose (10-7-3) in his fifth MLS start.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The secondary is stacked, led by Coleman and junior safety Demetre Pryor, who totaled 14 interceptions in his first two varsity seasons.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • Power becomes the bottleneck NVIDIA says the need for powered, shovel-ready sites is becoming critical as computing demand increases.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • So anything where knowledge and the ability to search and to compute very fast and to not forget, all that, that plays into their strength.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of compute
Verb
  • The measurement will be wrong, in ways that can be enumerated.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of enumerate
Verb
  • Metronome counts the usage and Tempo settles it, while Privy gives an agent a wallet to settle from.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The group counts Chinese tech giant Tencent as an investor, while AI group DeepSeek also invested in the IPO.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of count
Verb
  • He was told to wait on a bench at the sixth station of the Fujinomiya trail as his father and brother continued their ascent, the report said.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Rabah told The Associated Press that two settlers arrived with a tractor at his home in Khirbet al-Rakeez in the southern West Bank on Saturday afternoon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of tell
Verb
  • Then, council members voted to table the vote on the data center until after the court proceeding.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of table
Verb
  • In 526 plate appearances, Brandon Lowe has hit 26 long balls (14th in MLB), tallied 79 RBIs (10th in MLB) and scored 74 runs.
    — Data Skrive, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • But with a clear partisan divide, that began to change soon after votes were tallied.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 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 25 Aug. 2026.

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