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adds up

adds up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of add up.

Meaning of add up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To take the sum of; to total.
    • Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost.
    Synonyms:
    sum up, tally
  2. (intransitive) To accumulate; to amount to.
    • If you can save even a couple of dollars per day, it will add up to a lot over a year.
    Synonyms:
    accrue, mount up
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
    • His story just doesn't add up. Why would he have been at the restaurant the day before the event?

Questions about adds up

What is adds up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Adds up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of add up.

Words near adds up in the dictionary

  1. adds oil
  2. adds on
  3. adds one's twopenn'orth
  4. adds salt to injury
  5. adds to the list
  6. adds up
  7. adds up to
  8. adds value
  9. Addu
  10. addubitation
  11. addubitations

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