add
English
/æd/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) 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.
- To sum up; to put together mentally.
- (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
- (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
- (transitive) To append (e,g, a statement); to say further information.
- (intransitive) To make an addition; to augment; to increase.
- (intransitive) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
- (intransitive) To summon minions or reinforcements.
Etymology
Derived from Latin addō (add, give unto) root from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (give, spread out, lay out).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deh₃-
Gloss
give, spread out, lay out
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- add-in English
- addable English
- addendum English
- addest English
- addeth English
- addibility English
- addible English
- coadd English
- condone English
- cycloadd English
- donate English
- edit English
- in English
- inaddable English
- inaddible English
- misadd English
- re-add English
- readd English
- superadd English
- unadd English
- unaddable English
- unaddible English
- absconsus Latin
- addere Latin
- additamentum Latin
- additio Latin
- additiōnem Latin
- addō Latin
- commendare Latin
- commendo Latin
- commendō Latin
- dare Latin
- data Latin
- datum Latin
- datīvus Latin
- demando Latin
- donatio Latin
- dosis Latin
- dēmandō Latin
- dēmandō, dēmandāre, demando Latin
- dō Latin
- dōnātiō Latin
- dōtāre Latin
- editio Latin
- mandatorius Latin
- mando Latin
- mandātum Latin
- perditio Latin
- perdo Latin
- reddo Latin
- reddō Latin
- redono Latin
- superaddo Latin
- trāditiō Latin
- trāditiōnem Latin
- vendere, vendo Latin
- venditor Latin
- vendo Latin
- ēditiō Latin
- ēditus Latin
- datief Dutch, Flemish
- donatie Dutch, Flemish
- rendition French
- δαίμων Ancient Greek
- δόσις Ancient Greek
- παράδοσις Ancient Greek
- ἀντίδοτον Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδοσις Ancient Greek
- *de-dh₃-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *de-dóh₃-e Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₃-, *dé-deh₃-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃nom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃rom Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tis Proto-Indo-European
- *déh₃tōr Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op-eio/e- Proto-Indo-European
- दामन् Sanskrit
- dowarye Middle English
- dower Middle English
- *da Proto-Slavic
- *danь Proto-Slavic
- doneur Old French
- adda Icelandic
- додан Persian
- دادن Persian
- adio Welsh
- տամ Old Armenian
- donner Middle French
- *ɸrodāti, *ɸro-dāti Proto-Celtic
- *didō Proto-Italic
- *dōnāō Proto-Italic
- *toxe- Proto-Uralic
- *(e)δaś- Proto-Albanian
- *dhu̯onti Proto-Albanian
- *dāta- Proto-Iranian
- 𐎭𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
- 𐎭𐎭𐎠𐎬𐎢𐎺 Old Persian
- rodif Middle Welsh
- دان Central Kurdish
- ēditor LL