to add up

Examples

• All

• None of the facts add up, but he continues to lie about it.

• "But it does begin to add up to quite an amount over time," Mother finished.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Well, it does make a difference because those little things add up.

  Friends with Money (2006)

• So, if I told him once, i told him a million times these numbers do not add up.

  Ted (2012)

• Do all these new opportunities add up to something greater than the sum of the parts?

  Academic text (2006)

• But you have to admit it adds up to the same thing.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Nevertheless, the small changes have begun to add up to a substantial difference.

  Academic text (1994)

• So I realized everything I'm describing really adds up to high participation and high power.

• Many observers argue that, together, all of these potentials add up to an astonishing opportunity.

  Academic text (1994)

• The evidence presented in the trial simply does not add up when examined closely.

Synonyms

M

to make sense

vsto add up

858 1.4

To be easy to understand and seem reasonable

requires careful thought to seem logical

Antonyms

C

to confuse

266 1.9

Make someone unable to think clearly or make something hard to understand

C

to contradict

174 3.7

To say that something is not true or the opposite of what someone says

How Logical

to add up

• Informal

84 3.1

clarity

152 3.0

the math ain't mathing

• Informal

9.9

confusing

276 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology