add up tosomething
phrasal verbwithaddverb[IorT]uk/æd/us/æd/
(AMOUNT)
tobecomeaparticularamount:
Thevariousbuildingprogrammesaddup to several thousand newhomes.
Wethoughtwe'dboughtlotsoffood, but it didn'taddup to much when we'dspreadit out on thetable.
to add up numbers
- addAdd 24, 63, and 55.
- add upMy job was to add up the scores at the end.
- totalTotal the daily payments for a month and you arrive at your monthly expenditure.
- find the sumFind the sum of the following numbers.
- find the totalFind the total of £26.33, £55.09, and £109.65.
- add up toThe figures add up to a huge amount.
Meaning & significance
- add
- backspin
- be a badge ofsomethingidiom
- connotate
- connotation
- connotative
- i.e.
- locutionary
- mean
- meaningfully
- meaningfulness
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- purport
- sense
- significant
- signification
- signify
- speak
- subtext
(RESULT)
to have aparticularresultoreffect:
It alladdedup to a lot of hardworkfor all of us.
Theirproposalsdo notaddup to anyrealhelpfor thepoor.
Meaning & significance
- add
- backspin
- be a badge ofsomethingidiom
- connotate
- connotation
- connotative
- i.e.
- locutionary
- mean
- meaningfully
- meaningfulness
- meaningless
- meaninglessly
- purport
- sense
- significant
- signification
- signify
- speak
- subtext