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add.

add. is the abbreviation of addendum.

add. is the abbreviation of address.

Meaning of addendum

Noun

addendum (plural addenda or addendums)

  1. Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
    • An addendum was added to the contract to clarify payment terms.
    Synonyms:
    addend
  2. A postscript.
  3. The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.

Meaning of address

Noun

address (plural addresses)

  1. (obsolete) Guidance; help.
  2. (archaic, in plural) A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
    • [H]e was thus agreeable, and I neither insensible of his Perfections, nor displeased at his Addresses to me […].1723, Richard Steele, The Lover and Reader, page 115
  3. A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
    • a man of pleasing or insinuating address
  4. A formal approach to a sovereign or head of state, especially an official appeal or petition.
  5. (Commonwealth) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
  6. An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
    • Mr. Gregson, who had listened to this address with considerable impatience, could contain himself no longer.1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, section VII

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Questions about add.

What is add. the abbreviation of?
Add. is the abbreviation of addendum.

Words near add. in the dictionary

  1. add'l
  2. add-in
  3. add-ins
  4. add-on
  5. add-ons
  6. add.
  7. adda
  8. addability
  9. addable
  10. addables
  11. Addair

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Adapted from Wiktionary: add. (page history and authors); addendum (page history and authors); address (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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