add up

Verb

Meaning

be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

determine the sum of

develop into

add up in number or quantity

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

tally number total amount come add sum compute make sense tot summate tot up add together tote up figure

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Antonyms

remove delete make no sense delist remove from the list deregister

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Hypernyms

become number turn count enumerate be

Hyponyms

make average aggregate work out outnumber average out

Examples

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become. Angelina Jolie

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. Marian Wright Edelman

All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality. Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life. Aristotle Onassis

Add up your pennies, and buy a hen. Polish Proverb

Many small things can add up a big one... Sok kicsi sokra megy. Hungarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

add to the list add to the problem add together add up to add value add value machine