add (to)

verb

Definition of add (to)next
as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number the need to be back home before 5:00 p.m. adds to the difficulty of arranging the trip

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for add (to)
  1. increase
  2. accelerate
  3. expand
  4. augment
  5. boost
  6. raise
  7. multiply
Verb
  • By all measures, the company exceeded all expectations thanks to customer participation and decided to significantly increase the initial pledge to $11 million.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Pritzker also signed a series of budget bills that included raises for Osman totaling nearly 19%, increasing his pay to $220,500 per year.
    Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of increase
Verb
  • In 2021, to fuel its growth and success, the founders bestowed the honor of accelerating the company to Rich Berry, a business school graduate with extensive experience in brand management specializing in the frozen foods industry.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The car is accelerating its transformation from simply a people-mover into a third space—a place for relaxation.
    Jon Kirchner, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of accelerate
Verb
  • Plans are underway to expand the facility in Cancún and build partnerships with hospitals and research institutions across the globe.
    William Mullane, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • While these young men shifted away from Harris in unanticipated margins, Hogg says Democrats' losses this election are bigger than just one voting bloc -- and hopes that extreme candor and commitments to those groups will not only rebuild but expand the party.
    Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of expand
Verb
  • And after that will come the impact, whether that’s lower costs, faster design processes and production, jobs that are no longer needed, human expertise that is augmented by technology or something else.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Despite these differences, their visions converge on several points: the necessity of building systems that better understand and interact with the physical world, the importance of responsible AI development, and the transformative potential of AI to augment human capabilities.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of augment
Verb
  • Details won’t be known for a while, but the news boosted Chinese stocks.
    Michael Foster, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • For example, the Department of Commerce awarded $16 billion in incentives and tax credits last month alone to boost projects to support the creation of microchips, which the White House credits with spurring $180 billion in private investments in the semiconductor industry.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of boost
Verb
  • For instance, Amazon raised eyebrows in September when CEO Andy Jassy announced that corporate employees must return to the office five days a week starting in January 2025.
    Anuz Thapa, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Going forward, ConocoPhillips raised production guidance for Q4 to 1.99 million to 2.03 million barrels of oil equivalent per day.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of raise
Verb
  • Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.
    Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2024
  • For any properties with more than that, the amount of impervious surface area would be divided by 1,000 and multiplied by $1.35 to calculate the monthly rate.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of multiply
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“Add (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/add%20%28to%29. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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