ADD

Examples

• All

• If he was a fellow ADD sufferer, my case was mild by comparison.

  Academic text (1999)

• But I want to talk about ADHD and ADD in kids, just briefly.

  Andrew Huberman

• What are you, like ADD or something?

  Flypaper (2011)

• So you think I have ADD, or...

  Charlie Bartlett (2008)

• Has anyone ever discussed ADD with you two?

  The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

• Thank God for little brothers with ADD.

  All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)

• The study also revealed no correlation between the diagnosis of ADD and later reading ability.

  Academic text (1999)

• Well, not everyone has a diagnosable ADD or ADHD.

  Dr. Josh Axe

• In that case, ameliorating the symptoms of ADD should, in fact, lessen the deficit in learning.

  Academic text (1999)

• Many parents worry that their child may have ADD due to their struggles in school.

Synonyms

A

ADHD

vsADD

• Specialized

45 4.0

A condition that makes it hard to pay attention, stay still and control impulses in daily life

is the older term now replaced by the modern clinical name

A

attention deficit disorder

vsADD

• Specialized

11 3.6

A condition that makes it hard to pay attention and sometimes makes people very active or act without thinking

is the earlier label now usually replaced by the modern term

A

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

vsADD

• Specialized

4 3.8

A condition often in children causing trouble paying attention, being very active and acting without thinking

is the earlier, less used label for the same medical condition

M

MBD

vsADD

• Archaic

1 9.6

A childhood condition causing learning and behavior problems and too much activity

is the current clinical name now used instead of that old abbreviation

H

hyperkinetic syndrome

vsADD

• Archaic

8.4

A health problem in children, often boys, causing too much activity, trouble behaving and learning problems

focuses primarily on attention difficulties, sometimes accompanied by excess activity

M

minimal brain dysfunction

vsADD

• Archaic

6.8

A condition in children that makes them restless and have trouble paying attention, now called ADHD

is the modern name replacing that older medical label

M

minimal brain damage

vsADD

• Archaic

8.1

A mild brain problem in children, often in boys, that causes problems with behaviour and learning

frames these problems as a developmental attention disorder rather than brain damage

Idioms

A

to add insult to injury

• Informal

12 4.5

To make a bad situation worse by saying or doing something that hurts someone more

A

to add fuel to the fire

• Informal

7 5.9

To make a bad situation worse by saying or doing something that makes people angrier

Compounds

A

add-on

22 3.9

A thing you add to a program or device to give extra features

A

add-in

• Specialized

1 5.4

A circuit board you put into a computer to add features like sound or graphics

A

add-in

• Specialized

1 3.9

A small program added to an app to give extra features like charts or image editing

Surface Forms

Etymology