to add on
- phrasal verb
- /æd ɑn/
- So our next step then is to add on our growing chambers.
- add on a room
- add on an extra
- add-on fees
Just kind of adds on top rather than lifting up.
- Just kind of adds on top rather than lifting up.
- Steve, if you want to add on to this, please, please do.
- Also I want to add on to that, is Jesus God?
- But it allowed them to add on all of this.
- The more things you add on, yes, OK, sometimes sports maybe.
- So when you lay your arm, how you add on the arm, you actually exchange that.
- That that umbrella notion needs to be added on there as well.
- It just adds on shame and pushes people away.
- We're going to add on some of the career guiding counselling stuff.
- Well, it's time to cut off some things and not add on.
Examples
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He decided to add on a new deck to his backyard patio.
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So let's add on John Lewis and let's add on Amazon as well.
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Steve, if you want to add on to this, please, please do.
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Also I want to add on to that, is Jesus God?
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But it allowed them to add on all of this.
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Is there anything you want to add on any, any of that?
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Also, they want to do quite a bit of construction to add on to the building.
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I'm now going to add on another K to that.
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And then I'd like to add on some texture.
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Other people will come along later and add on or recycle elements.
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Synonyms
Include something extra to make something larger or better
To add extra information to make something more complete
To add something to a building to make it larger
Add something extra that was not planned
To attach something to another thing by sticking or fastening it
To add something to the end of a document or list
To add something extra at the end
To put something extra into or on what is already there
Antonyms
How Additional
Surface Forms
Morphology
add + on
The meaning 'to include or attach something extra' is directly derivable from combining 'add' (to insert or include an extra thing) with the particle 'on' which signals attachment or addition. This verb + particle composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and is immediately predictable for a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Add on comes from the simple image of add + on: putting an extra piece on something that already exists, like building a new room onto a house or sticking a tag on a product. That's why it means 'to include or attach something extra'.