ADDS (TO) Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

adds (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of add (to)

as in increases

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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Right now, the average hot day contains about 16 hot hours, but that increases to 19 hours in the medium scenario and 21 hours in the high scenario.

— Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
The chance of rain increases a bit with the potential for spotty showers.

— Lissette Gonzalez, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of increases

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Flora started as a set of professional tools for creatives that accelerates workflows by combining top AI text, image, and video models.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
While rising college-going rates helped university entrants grow to 640,000 over that period, the government projects that number will fall to about 510,000 by 2040 as demographic decline accelerates.

— Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of accelerates

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These events occur when extremely hot underground water suddenly turns into steam, expands, and blasts apart the surrounding rock.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Unlike the nighttime aurora oval, which expands dramatically during geomagnetic storms, the dayside auroral oval changes much less, making displays harder to see even during active space weather.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of expands

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Nvidia typically provides financial backing to help AI partners raise debt, which boosts Nvidia's chip revenue as the nature of such deals has ginned up concerns over concentrated risk in the technology sector.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Diversification boosts profits and spreads risk, reducing dependence on any single commodity or corridor.

— Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026

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