1. a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
2. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinn
3. make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"
4. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
5. state or say further; "`It doesn''t matter,'' he supplied"
6. bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
7. constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"

Similar Words: attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD, add, add together, total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, tally, add up, append, supply, lend, impart, bestow, contribute, bring

See Also: total, number, add up, come, amount

Hyponyms: modify, qualify, gild the lily, paint the lily, adjoin, work in, canonize, canonise, add on, include, mix, mix in, put on, butylate, inject, welt, intercalate, punctuate, mark, concatenate, string, string up, compound, combine, milk, fortify, stud, button, enrich, supplement, foot, foot up, slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert, toss in, instill, transfuse, tinsel, throw in

Grouped Verbs: add, total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add together, tally, add up

Derivational Morphology: addition, summation, plus, adder, count, counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning, tally, sum, sum total, amount, total, totality, aggregate, add-on, improver

Anagrams: dad, ADA