add up Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb develop into
   amount; come.
   
   • This idea will never amount to anything
   • nothing came of his grandiose plans
2. verb determine the sum of
   tot up; sum; tally; tote up; tot; add; summate; total; sum up; add together.
   
   • Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
3. verb add up in number or quantity
   amount; total; come; number.
   
   • The bills amounted to $2,000
   • The bill came to $2,000
4. verb be reasonable or logical or comprehensible
   make sense.
   

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