# add

> English word · Verb · IPA /æd/ · frequency rank #840

## Definitions
1. To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
2. To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
3. To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
4. To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
5. To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information.
6. To intensify; to augment; to increase.
7. To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
8. To summon minions or reinforcements.
9. To add someone as a friend.

## Etymology
From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).

## Easily confused with
- **as** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-as)
- **at** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-at)
- **an** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-an)
- **AM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-am)
- **AL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-al)
- **ah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ah)
- **AP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ap)
- **ai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ai)
- **aw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-aw)
- **AR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ar)
- **AU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-au)
- **AF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-af)
- **ag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ag)
- **AK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ak)
- **AZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-az)
- **av** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-av)
- **ay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ay)
- **AE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ae)
- **ao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ao)
- **ax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-ax)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/add