Add Together (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The teacher asked the student to add together the numbers 17 and 32 on the worksheet.
- You can add together all the individual scores to get the total.
- She always had trouble learning to add together two-digit numbers in math class.
- Can you add together 45 and 27 to get the correct answer.
- To solve the problem, simply add together 98 and 21.
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Meaning 2
Determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- Add the total number of employees from the two branches together to get the overall workforce.
- You need to add the scores from each game together to find the overall champion.
- Add the money we collected in January to what we got in February together to see our overall profit.
- Add the hours you worked in the morning to those in the evening together to get your total work hours for the day.
- Add the number of participants from each school together to determine the overall attendance at the event.