Add On (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make an addition; "Let's add on to this".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The company wants to add on a new feature to the existing smartphone app to enhance user experience.
- Her family decided to add on another room to accommodate their growing needs.
- The developers plan to add on more levels to the popular video game in the next update.
- To increase storage space, they opted to add on an extra wing to the library.
- The restaurant owner intends to add on an outdoor seating area to attract more customers.
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Meaning 2
Add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The developer decided to add on a new level after the game's initial release had attracted a large following.
- She composed an epilogue which would add on a new layer of meaning to her latest novel.
- The team of engineers went back to the drawing board to add on a previously unplanned backup system.
- In an effort to expand their fanbase the publishers chose to add on bonus chapters to the online version.
- They realized too late that they had to add on more time to complete their original business plan if they were going to meet their projected goals.