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add up to

add up to verb: to have a particular effect in combination.

Verb

add up to (third-person singular simple present adds up to, present participle adding up to, simple past and past participle added up to)

  1. (transitive) To have a particular effect in combination.
    • The costs of all the parts added up to five times the cost of the car.
    • Increasing prices and frozen wages add up to hardship for the poorer families.

Forms of add up to

third-person singular presentadds up to
present participleadding up to
past participleadded up to
pastadded up to

Questions about add up to

What does add up to mean?
Add up to means to have a particular effect in combination.
What part of speech is add up to?
Add up to is a verb.
What is the past tense of add up to?
The past tense of add up to is added up to.

Words near add up to in the dictionary

  1. add one's twopenn'orth
  2. add ons
  3. add salt to injury
  4. add to the list
  5. add up
  6. add up to
  7. add value
  8. add value machine
  9. add value machines
  10. add'l
  11. add-in

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