added
English meaning: Added
Definition
To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
Example
“She added a pinch of salt to the soup.”
Another example: “Membership brings the added benefit of free parking.”
Usage — When, Where & How
As an adjective, denoting something extra ('added value', 'added sugar'). As a verb (past tense of 'add'), it means joined or increased. Common in cooking, finance and everyday speech. Contrast 'subtracted' and 'removed'.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
Past tense of 'add', from Latin 'addere' (to put to, join), from 'ad-' (to) + 'dare' (to give); entered English in the 14th century.
Synonyms
- supplementary
- additional
- extra
- supplemental
- superimposed
- adscititious
- intercalary
- accessorial
- value-added
Antonyms / Opposites
- subtracted
- removed
- deducted
Related Words
Common Collocations
- added value
- added bonus
- added sugar
- value added
- added pressure
- with added
Word Forms
add (v); adds; added; adding; addition (n); additional (adj)
Word Tools
Tools & Calculators
15% of 200 = 30 · 15 is 7.5% of 200
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
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- Indo-European
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