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English verb: add up | |||
| 1. | add up (stative) develop into | ||
| Samples | This idea will never amount to anything. Nothing came of his grandiose plans. | ||
| Synonyms | amount, come | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aggregate | ||
| 2. | add up (communication) determine the sum of | ||
| Samples | Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town. | ||
| Synonyms | add, add together, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | count, enumerate, number, numerate | ||
| Verb group | add, add together | ||
| 3. | add up (stative) add up in number or quantity | ||
| Samples | The bills amounted to $2,000. The bill came to $2,000. | ||
| Synonyms | amount, come, number, total | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | average, average out, make, outnumber, work out | ||
| 4. | add up (stative) be reasonable or logical or comprehensible | ||
| Synonyms | make sense | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. It ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
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