1
[ verb ] develop into

Synonyms

amount come

Examples

"This idea will never amount to anything" "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

Used in print

(National Review, xi: 26...)

Even_so , it adds_up to impossible odds , except that the question arises , On whose side would the Mainland Chinese army fight ?

(The Nation, 193: 16...)

What does it all add_up to ?

(Brett Halliday, The Careless Corpse....)

`` How often do they add_up to headlines ?

Related terms

become aggregate

2
[ verb ] determine the sum of

Examples

"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

Used in print

(Marian Nester, "New Methods of Parapsychology"...)

So each reading can be given a weight and each reading a score by adding_up these weights .

All these evaluations are then totted_up and tabulated , by adding_up the Hits and Significants , with the weight placed on those in the sitter 's own reading .

Related terms

count add sum sum count sum summation

3
[ verb ] add up in number or quantity

Synonyms

total number amount come

Examples

"The bills amounted to $2,000" "The bill came to $2,000"

4
[ verb ] be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

Synonyms

make_sense

Related terms

be

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