add up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de calculer une somme ou, au sens figuré, pour indiquer que quelque chose a du sens ou semble cohérent.

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

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Calculate totalformal

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

   Additionner

   • 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.

   Synonymesaggregatecomputereckonsumsum uptallytot uptotal

2. Make sense or be logicalinformal

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

   être logique / tenir debout

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

   Synonymescheck outhold upmake sense

Verbe de baseadd