add up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по подсчёту суммы или, в переносном смысле, для указания на то, что что-то имеет смысл или кажется разумным.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of calculating a total, or figuratively, to make sense or seem reasonable.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Calculate totalformal

   To find the total sum of numbers by adding them together.

   Подсчитать

   • Please add up all the expenses for this month.
   • She added up the numbers in her head.
   • The cashier added up the total cost of the items.

   Synonymsaggregatecomputereckonsumsum uptallytot uptotal

2. Make sense or be logicalinformal

   To be consistent or plausible; to form a reasonable explanation.

   Быть логичным

   • His story just doesn't add up.
   • The evidence adds up to a clear conclusion.
   • Something about her explanation doesn't add up.

   Synonymscheck outhold upmake sense

Base verbadd