add up meaning

add up as a verb

1. develop into
   • This idea will never amount to anything
   • nothing came of his grandiose plans

   Synonyms: come, amount

   Type of: become

   Kinds: aggregate

2. determine the sum of
   • Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

   Synonyms: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally

   Type of: count

3. add up in number or quantity
   • The bills amounted to $2,000
   • The bill came to $2,000

   Synonyms: total, number, come, amount

   Type of: be

   Kinds: work out, outnumber, average, make

4. be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

   Synonyms: make sense

   Type of: be

How to pronounce add up

add up is pronounced /æd ʌp/ in British English and /æd ʌp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.