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
  • New jobless claims filed the week ending Dec. 28 numbered 211,000, down 9,000 from the previous week’s level.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
  • For the first time they are numbered, with Laos No. 1. 2009 There are 44 entries on the list, with 13 appearing only online.
    Tariro Mzezewa, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of number
Verb
  • While totaling 35 points on 12-of-23 (52.2 percent) shooting from the field and 7-of-15 (46.7 percent) from three-point range in Monday’s first quarter, the Heat found itself ahead by as many as 13 points in the opening period.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Still under a minutes restriction in just his second game back following a two-plus-month absence due to a torn right abdominal muscle, Banchero continued to play 5- to 6-minute stints to total 27.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of total
Verb
  • Medical device manufacturers tend to focus on their unique area of expertise (e.g. gene sequencing) and rely on outside suppliers and services to build the underlying computing infrastructure of the device.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Here are Tuesday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: Loop initiates Penguin Solutions as buy Loop said the technology computing company is well positioned for artificial intelligence.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of compute
Verb
  • Bussmann drew comparisons to Starbucks in enumerating the challenges a sportsbook will face when encountering excessive operating costs.
    Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There are too many potential highlights to enumerate here, but here are some of the books scheduled to arrive in the next few months that have my bookworm blood pumping.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of enumerate
Verb
  • In his last five full starts (not counting the one in which he was injured), Mrázek has given up five, four, five, four and six goals.
    Scott Powers, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Political scientists are generally wary of studying individual actors, preferring to focus on what can be counted and aggregated.
    Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of count
Verb
  • After each fight, a film tells a history: steamy Aztec jungles, pueblas and markets, scenes of battle and revolution, all building toward a futuristic cityscape meant to show what Mexico could become.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Trump attempted one last time to get a judge to block the report but was unsuccessful, NPR's Carrie Johnson tells Up First.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of tell
Verb
  • If Bell grants the stay, the injunction will be tabled until the Fourth Circuit reviews Bell’s reasoning.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That bid failed in a 359-43 bipartisan vote to table the motion.
    Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of table
Verb
  • Box-office analysts had predicted the 2024 box office would lag significantly behind the $9 billion tallied in 2023.
    Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
  • After tallying 506 receiving yards in the first three games, his recruiting stock skyrocketed, and high-profile Division 1 programs took notice.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of tally
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