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Définitions

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     1. v. Calculer, compter.
     2. v. Additionner.
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     1. v. To take a sum.
           Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost.
     2. v. (intransitive) To accumulate; to amount to.
           If you can save even a couple of dollars per day, it will add up to a lot over a year.
     3. v. (idiomatic, intransitive) To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
           His story just doesn't add up. Why would he have been at the restaurant the day before the event?
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     1. v. (Math) Additionner, ajouter.
           Add 1 to 2 and you get 3.
           Si on ajoute 1 à 2 on obtient 3.
     2. v. Ajouter, joindre, adjoindre.
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     1. adj. De haut.
           the up side.
     2. adj. (Ferro) Vers un grand terminus.
           on the up line.
     3. v. Dessus, en haut, sur.

Exemples de phrases

It just didn't add up
In short, all these surveys add up to a contradictory mess. 



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