add (sth) up
— phrasal verb with add uk/æd/us/æd/verb [ I or T ]
B1 to calculate the total of two or more numbers:
If you add those four figures up, it comes to over £1,500.
She added the bill up.
I'm not very good at adding up!
More examples
- I get a different answer each time I add these figures up.
- She was trying to add up the prices of all the items in her basket.
- If you buy three packets, it adds up to a total of $18.
- Cinema tickets, drinks, snacks - it all adds up to a lot a money.
- The lady who works in the post office is very good at adding up numbers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
- add
- addition sign
- associative property
- borrow
- carry sth forward/over
- cube
- deduct
- distributive
- divide
- divisible
- divisor
- long division
- minus
- multiplication table
- multiply
- plus
- power
- quadruple
- table
- times
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