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ADD TOGETHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does add together mean? 

ADD TOGETHER (verb)
  The verb ADD TOGETHER has 2 senses:

1. determine the sum ofplay

2. make an addition by combining numbersplay

  Familiarity information: ADD TOGETHER used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADD TOGETHER (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Determine the sum of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up

Context example:

Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

Hypernyms (to "add together" is one way to...):

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Verb group:

add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Make an addition by combining numbers

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

add; add together

Context example:

Add 27 and 49, please!

Hypernyms (to "add together" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Verb group:

add; add together; add up; sum; sum up; summate; tally; tot; tot up; total; tote up (determine the sum of)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "add together"):

foot; foot up (add a column of numbers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something


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