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English

Etymology

From Latin add? (“add, give unto”), from ad (“to”) + d? (“give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æd/
• Rhymes: -æd
• Homophone: ad

Verb

add (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added)

1. (transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
2. To sum up; to put together mentally; to add up.
   • 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

     […] as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.

3. (transitive) To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.

4. (transitive) To give by way of increased possession (to someone); to bestow (on).
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.

5. (transitive) To append (e.g. a statement); to say further information; to add on.
   • 1855, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 3, page 37 [1]:

     He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     "Bless your dear heart," she said, "I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas." Then she added, "But, if I do, you must give me the Golden Cap."

6. (intransitive) To make an addition; to augment; to increase; to add on.
   • 1611, King James Version, 1 Kings 12:14:

     I will add to your yoke

7. (intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

8. (intransitive, video games) To summon minions or reinforcements.

Usage notes

• We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole.
• We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuous connection.
• We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body.
• We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle.
• Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization.
• To add quantities; to join houses; to annex territory; to unite kingdoms; to make parties coalesce

Synonyms

• (join or unite so as to increase the number): annex; See also Thesaurus:add
• (put together mentally): add up, sum; See also Thesaurus:summate
• (give by way of increased possession): bestow, give; See also Thesaurus:give
• (combine elements into one quantity): coalesce, join, unite
• (say further information): mention, note
• (make an addition): augment, increase; See also Thesaurus:augment
• (perform the arithmetical operation of addition):

Antonyms

• (quantity): subtract
• (matter): remove

Derived terms

Related terms

• addend

Translations

Noun

add (plural adds)

1. (radio) The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
   • 2006, David Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide (page 370)

     In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist.

   • 2013, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, From Demo to Delivery

     Effectiveness of their work is measured by the number of “adds” they receive on the airplay charts of major trades.

2. (computer science) An act or instance of adding.
3. (video games) An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.

Anagrams

• DAD, Dad, dad

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• adjad

Etymology

ad +? -d

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??d?]
• Hyphenation: add
• Rhymes: -?d?

Verb

add

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of ad

Portuguese

Verb

add

1. (Internet slang, uninflected) to add in certain internet services
   1. to friend (to add as a friend in a social network)
   2. to add (to add as a contact in an instant messenger service)

Usage notes

A rare occurrence in Portuguese, this verb is not inflected and will be in its infinitive form regardless of person or tense.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:add.

Scots

Alternative forms

• ad, ade, adde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad/

Verb

add (third-person singular present adds, present participle addin, past addit, past participle addit)

1. to add

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

Adjective

sat (not comparable)

1. (Britain, predicative) Seated; sitting (down).

Verb

sat

1. simple past tense and past participle of sit

Etymology 2

Noun

sat (plural sats)

1. Abbreviation of satellite. (artificial orbital body)
2. Abbreviation of satisfactory.
3. Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).
   • 2010, Virginia Allum, Patricia McGarr, Cambridge English for Nursing Pre-intermediate Student's Book with Audio CD, Cambridge University Press (?ISBN), page 93:

     Also, your blood pressure and oxygen sats – that's the amount of oxygen in your blood.

   • 2012, Emily Forbes, Georgie's Big Greek Wedding?, Harlequin (?ISBN), page 44:

     [T]his is her third admission for breathing difficulties. The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum. This time we can't get her oxygen sats up—they're actually falling.

   • 2015, Christopher J Gallagher, MD, Pure and Simple: Anesthesia Writtens Review IV Questions, Answers, Explanations 501-1000 (?ISBN):

     Intubation is not necessary unless his oxygen sat reading is low.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• -ast, AST, ATS, ATs, STA, Sta, Sta., T.A.s, TA's, TAS, TAs, TSA, Tas, Tas., as't, ast, at's, ats, sta, tas

Chuukese

Noun

sat

1. sea

Danish

Verb

sat

1. past participle of sætte

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English shirt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/

Noun

sat

1. shirt

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary

Gothic

Romanization

sat

1. Romanization of ????????????

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sat/

Adverb

sat

1. enough, sufficiently

Derived terms

• sate
• sata (“enough”)
• sato (“a sufficiency”)

Indonesian

Noun

sat

1. (law enforcement) Clipping of satuan (“unit”).

Kalasha

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (sapta). Compare Hindi ??? (s?t).

Numeral

sat

1. seven; 7

Kedah Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sat/

Adverb

sat

1. For a moment, for a few minutes, for a second.

2. As a consequence, then, or else

See also

• sekejap
• sebentar

Latin

Adverb

sat (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of satis (“enough”)

References

• sat in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sat in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz. Cognate with German satt, Dutch zat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Adjective

sat (masculine saten, neuter sat, comparative méi sat, superlative am saatsten)

1. full, sated

2. drunk, inebriated

Declension

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French chat

Noun

sat

1. cat

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English

Noun

sat

1. Alternative form of schat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sat

1. past tense of sitja, sitje, sitta and sitte

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?-. Compare Old Saxon sad, Dutch zat, Old English sæd, Old Norse saðr, Gothic ???????????????? (saþs).

Adjective

sat

1. full, sated

Descendants

• Middle High German: sat
  • German: satt

Romanian

Alternative forms

• fsat (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Romanian fsat, probably from Albanian fshat (“village”), or from Byzantine Greek ????????? (phoussáton, “citadel”), from Late Latin foss?tum (“entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch”), from Latin fossa (“ditch”), or possibly derived directly from Latin, but this is less likely.

Noun

sat n (plural sate)

1. village, small rural settlement
2. (archaic) field

   Synonym: câmp

Declension

Related terms

• s?tean
• s?teanc?
• s?tesc
• s?ti?or

See also

• ora?

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• s?hat / sàhat

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (sa?at), from Persian ????? (sâ?at), from Arabic ??????? (s??a).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâ?t/

Noun

s?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)

   Synonyms: rèl?j, ?ra

Declension

Noun

s?t m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. hour

   Synonym: (Bosnia, Serbia) ??s

Declension

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French chat

Noun

sat

1. cat

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Turkish

Verb

sat

1. imperative of satmak