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Dictionary definition · add up

verb

  1. to measure up to in kind or quality"This idea will never amount to anything"
  2. determine the sum of"Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
  3. add up in number or quantity"The bills amounted to $2,000"
  4. be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).