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| average |
If you average the number of miles you ride your bicycle in a week, you add up the number of miles you rode every day, then divide that number by seven. [1/5 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] |
| count1 |
to add up; calculate. [1/8 definitions] |
| make |
to add up to. [1/11 definitions] |
| ring up |
to record or add up on a cash register. |
| score |
to add up the points of a contest. [1/8 definitions] |
| tally |
to find the total of; add up. [1/3 definitions] |
| total |
to add up. [2/5 definitions] |
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