add (up)

verb

Definition of add (up)next
as in to number

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (up)
  1. number
  2. total
  3. compute
  4. enumerate
  5. count
  6. tell
  7. table
  8. tally
Verb
  • Last year, active mines numbered less than a quarter of that, according to the United States Geological Survey.
    Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In any case, our list of early Texas movie stars in last week's Think Texas column numbered a mere 15.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of number
Verb
  • Undeveloped property at 0 Cedar Point Lane Nestled along the coast of the island, three lots totaling 2.25 acres are up for grabs.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Christie’s 20th century evening sale on Tuesday, which totaled $486 million with a sell through rate of 92 percent by value and 83 percent by lot, certainly proved that maxim true.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of total
Verb
  • Micro LLMs offer a more practical and sustainable solution than their massive counterparts, which require enormous energy sources and computing resources, including hyper-fast chips, to support millions of users' demands.
    Jimmie Lee, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In 2017, researchers at Chinese technology firm Baidu demonstrated that pouring more data and computing power into machine learning algorithms yielded mathematically predictable improvements—regardless of whether the system was designed to recognize images, speech, or generate language.
    Harry Booth, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of compute
Verb
  • So many different things can go awry, more than can be enumerated in one short essay.
    Essence, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The paper enumerates the various pathways through which floods and food insecurity are connected, including direct devastation to the means of food production or indirect strains on family income to purchase food.
    Henna Hundal, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of enumerate
Verb
  • With nearly all votes counted — with some provisional ballots still outstanding in places like California — the exit polls have settled to a point where the results won't likely change very much and trends can be seen outside the margins of error.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The tournament is spotlighting the three markets where the four teams are located, Denver, Los Angeles, and London, but the Green Action League will count on the participation of global supporters of the NBA, NFL, NHL, and English Premier League teams.
    Vitas Carosella, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of count
Verb
  • Chapple told Vassos during the show that Goree's passing was the most devastating loss of his life, ScreenRant adds.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The incident began when store management told Owusu that a man, later identified as Rosario, was behaving erratically in the store by pacing back and forth, Bishop said.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of tell
Verb
  • Bishop said the organization has been connecting with school counselors in the area and tabling at events to get the word out about its mission.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Lapid and members of the opposition did support the bills but their final versions were tabled by members of Netanyahu's Likud party.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of table
Verb
  • Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Nov. 11 to 17, here.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Follow our live coverage from Republic reporters of Arizona's 2024 election. 8:22 am MT Here are Arizona political races still too close to call Hannah Dreyfus Some of Arizona’s big political races have been called though there are still almost one million votes to be tallied.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of tally
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“Add (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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