ADDING (TO) Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

adding (to)

verb

present participle of add (to)

as in increasing

to make greater in size, amount, or number the need to be back home before 5:00 p.m. adds to the difficulty of arranging the trip

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Too fearful of discrimination to go to hospitals for antiretroviral drugs, many transgender people have stopped taking them — significantly increasing their risk of transmission.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
OpenAI disclosed the incident in a blog post on Tuesday, a stunning announcement that is certain to set off alarm bells across the industry about the increasing power of AI models and the risk of them going rogue.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of increasing

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The stores may keep expanding, franchisees may continue earning attractive returns, and debt may come down faster than expected.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The adviser told me that, even without drastically expanding the budget or upending the financial markets, Burnham could borrow a bit more to finance public-infrastructure investments and channel money to depressed regions.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of expanding

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Surging tensions across the Middle East strangled shipping traffic, driving energy prices higher and raising the specter of accelerating inflation worldwide.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
There is plenty of performance available, particularly when accelerating from 30 to 70mph.

— Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of accelerating

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The greatest value of AI lies not in replacing people but in augmenting their capabilities.

— Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The real value of AI lies in augmenting the capacity of intellectually curious people with specialized training, sound judgment, and genuine human empathy.

— Wayne Berson, Fortune, 30 June 2026

Definition of augmenting

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By artificially boosting the number on the sensor, this person won about $20,000.

— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
But lest anyone consider this bringing political commentary into music, Cain preemptively insisted that, in boosting his brand of patriotism, this didn’t count.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 20 July 2026

Definition of boosting

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