Add up
*(intransitive/transitive) To calculate the
total of several numbers or amounts: Now add up the number of calories you have
eaten. # I’m not very good at adding up in my head.
*If you add up several numbers, you calculate
their total: We add all the marks up. # First, add up all your regular
payments.
= ADD TOGETHER
*(intransitive) If small amounts add up, they
gradually produce a large total: All these little expenses soon add up.
*If you says that facts or events add up, you
mean that you can understand their significance: It all added up. I became
aware that Halliday was the thief.
*(intransitive, usually in negatives) If a set
of facts does not add up, you do not believe it is correct because it does not
match other information that you already have: There’s something about this
case that just doesn’t add up.
*To calculate the total of several numbers: I
can add up in my head quite easily.
*(especially
in negative sentences) to seem reasonable; to make sense: His story just
doesn’t add up.
*If smalls amounts of something add up, they
gradually increase: Even small savings, 5 pence here or 10 pence there, can add
up. # It’s the little minor problems that add up.
*(not
used in the progressive tenses) To increase by small amounts until here is
a large total: When you’re feeding a family of six the bills soon add up!
Not add up
*If a set of facts does not add up, it does not
provide a reasonable explanation for a situation: He was troubled by a feeling
that things just didn’t add up.
*If sums, numbers, etc. do not add up, there is
a mistake in them: These figures don’t add up.
It all adds up
informal
Used to say that lots of small amounts
gradually make a large total: There are five of us using the phone so it all
adds up.
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