| accessory |
An accessory is a thing that you add to something else to make it nicer or better in some way. An accessory is a nice thing to have but it is not a necessary thing. [1/2 definitions] |
| accompany |
When you accompany one thing with another thing, you add the second thing to make the first thing better or more complete. You might accompany your guitar playing with the beat of a drum to make your sound more complete. You might accompany your sandwich with a glass of juice to make your lunch better. [1/3 definitions] |
| add |
When you add something to another thing, you put it together with that thing, and you make it bigger or better. [2/4 definitions] |
| adorn |
to add beauty to; decorate. |
| altogether |
If the price of a group of things is ten dollars altogether, it means that the price is ten dollars when you put the different things together and add everything up. [1/2 definitions] |
| amend |
to change or add to a law, contract, or other document. |
| amount |
If the things you want to buy at the store amount to twelve, it means that when you add all of them up, the total of all the things is twelve. [1/3 definitions] |
| and |
When we add two things together, we sometimes say "and." [1/3 definitions] |
| annex |
to add or attach to something larger. [1/3 definitions] |
| arithmetic |
the method and process of using whole numbers to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. |
| associative property |
in addition and multiplication, the characteristic that allows you to add or multiply a group of numbers in any order and get the same answer. For example, in multiplication, (5 x 2) x 7 is equal to (7 x 2) x 5. |
| average |
An average is a number. You get an average by adding two or more numbers together and then dividing the answer you get by the number of numbers that you added. For example, when you add three numbers together and then divide that answer by three, you get an average of all the numbers. If you add five and seven and three, you get fifteen for your answer. Then, when you divide fifteen by three, you get an average of five. [2/5 definitions] |
| besides |
"Besides" sometimes means "also." We use it when we want to add more to what we have already said and make what we want to say stronger. [1/3 definitions] |
| calculator |
A calculator is a machine that helps you do things with numbers. A calculator can help you add numbers together or subtract them or do many other things. Sometimes a calculator is very small and you can hold it in your hand. Sometimes a calculator is big or part of a computer. |
| cement |
Cement is a powder made of clay and rock that becomes hard when you add water. Cement is used as a building material. [1/2 definitions] |
| change |
If you have a dollar in paper money and someone gives you change for it, it means they give you coins that add up to a dollar. If you have a bigger bill and someone gives you change, it means they give you the same amount of money in smaller bills or coins. [1/8 definitions] |
| chime in |
to interrupt suddenly; add one's opinion. |
| chip in |
to add to a discussion or to interrupt with. [1/2 definitions] |
| chocolate |
Chocolate is a brown substance that we can eat. We often add sugar to it and eat it in candy and other sweet foods. It is sometimes used in foods that are not sweet too. It is made from the seeds of a certain tree that grows in warm places in South America, Africa, and parts of Asia. The trees are called cacao trees. Chocolate itself is not sweet. You have to add sugar to it if you want it to be sweet. [1/4 definitions] |
| coffee |
Coffee is a dark brown drink made from the beans of a coffee plant. This plant grows in very warm areas around the world. The taste of coffee is a little bitter, so many people add milk or sugar to it. |
| collect |
When you collect things, like coins or rocks, you find ones that you like and you keep them. Every time you find another one that you like, you add it to the other ones you have. [1/2 definitions] |