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
  • Carmel-by-the-Sea just got numbered street addresses for the first time in its 110-year history.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images The researchers said the Adelie penguins of Cape Adare, on the other side of Antarctica, are now the world's largest penguin colony, numbering more than one million as of 2018.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of number
Verb
  • Inside those buildings, which total half a million square feet together, is a massive construction project that’s still in progress.
    — John Voelcker, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The measure could support debt for projects totaling up to $125 million over 30 years.
    — Haley Parsley October 12, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of total
Verb
  • These advances are key as larger, more complex AI models demand seemingly endless amounts of computing power.
    — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike conventional bicycles, its head houses most of the robot’s mass, including its computing hardware, batteries, and powerful jumping actuators.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of compute
Verb
  • The familiar scent of grilling merguez wafted through the air as Violette began to enumerate the system’s failures.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In fact, the tricks enumerated in the paper are already getting old, one of the paper’s authors, Tina Yeung, told me.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of enumerate
Verb
  • The new rules would not restrict banks' ability to count housing tax credit investments toward their Community Reinvestment Act obligations, an administration official said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • While international observers initially blamed Moscow, there are now increasing suggestions that Ukrainian state security agencies may have been involved — even though Ukraine counts Germany as one of its closest allies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of count
Verb
  • Some economists, including researchers at the Minneapolis Fed, argue the data don’t tell such a clean story.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company agrees with skeptics like the NFL that justices must eventually opine on whether states and tribes should regulate its sports event contracts as sports bets, a Supreme Court litigator working with Kalshi told Semafor.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tell
Verb
  • Deadline understands that the company has teamed up with Screen Scotland to table the proposal.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Daniel offers to table all future Safeguard attempts, as long as Silo 18 does not attempt to contact another silo.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of table
Verb
  • As usual, Bijan Robinson had a nice night at the office, tallying over 100 yards from scrimmage, while wide receiver Drake London led the team with seven catches and 118 yards.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The study also listed Kansas City as the city in Missouri with the most crashes since 2020 — KC tallied with 424 in the six-year span.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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