adding

add-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of add; joining something to something else.

  2. 2.

    Contributing or increasing.

  3. 3.

    Saying something further.

Phrases & expressions

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    adding up — Calculating a total; making sense.
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    adding insult to injury — Making a bad situation worse.
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    adding fuel to the fire — Worsening a conflict.
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    adding machine — A device for calculating sums.

Related words

Antonyms: deducting, removing, subtracting
See also: add, added, addition, sum
Synonyms: appending, attaching, including, joining

Etymology

From Latin addere ("to give to, add"), present participle form.