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Old 02-06-2005, 02:22 AM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DRTYFN:
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v. add·ed, add·ing, adds
v. tr.
To combine (a column of figures, for example) to form a sum.

To join or unite so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope: added 12 inches to the deck; flowers that added beauty to the dinner table.

To say or write further.


v. intr.
To find a sum in arithmetic.

To constitute an addition: an exploit that will add to her reputation.

To create or make an addition: gradually added to my meager savings.



Phrasal Verb:
add up
To be reasonable, plausible, or consistent; make sense: The witness's testimony simply did not add up.

To amount to an expected total: a bill that didn't add up.

To formulate an opinion of: added up the other competitors in one glance.


Idiom:
add up to
To constitute; amount to: The revisions added up to a lot of work.



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n.
An advertisement.


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Humph. Last time I posted something like this I got preached to that I was giving internet english lessons. My my, what Deity status can get away with!
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