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You put two pairs of marbles or buttons near each other, Then you say, '' If I added these together, how many will there be ? " Then you put them together and count them. Obviously , there are 4. And that's how you add.
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add |ad| verb [ with obj. ] 1 join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount: a new wing was added to the building | some box offices now add on a handling charge | (as adj. added) : one vitamin tablet daily will give added protection | [ no obj. ] : this development added to the problems facing the staff. • [ no obj. ] (add up) increase in amount, number, or degree: watch those air miles add up! • put or mix (an ingredient) together with another as one of the stages in the preparation of a dish: add the flour to the eggs, stirring continuously. • put (something) in or on something else so as to improve or alter its quality or nature: chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria | (as adj. added) : the fruit juice contains no added sugar. • contribute (an enhancing quality) to something: the canopy will add a touch of class to your bedroom. 2 put together (two or more numbers or amounts) to calculate their total value: they added all the figures up | add the two numbers together | [ no obj. ] : children learned to add and subtract quickly and accurately. • [ no obj. ] (add up to) amount to: this adds up to a total of 400 calories | figurative : these isolated incidents don't add up to a true picture of the situation. • [ no obj., usu. with negative ] (add up) informal seem reasonable or consistent; make sense: many things in her story didn't add up. 3 [ reporting verb ] say as a further remark: [ with direct speech ] : “I hope we haven't been too much trouble,” she added politely | [ with obj. ] : we would like to add our congratulations | [ with clause ] : he added that few of America's allies would support military action. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put.’ ADD |e?di??di?| abbreviation • analog digital digital, indicating that a music recording was made in analog format before being mastered and stored digitally. • attention deficit disorder.
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