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• Verbo frasal usado para indicar a ação de calcular uma soma ou, em sentido figurado, para dizer que algo faz sentido ou parece razoável.

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

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Calculate totalformal

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

   Somar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaggregatecomputereckonsumsum uptallytot uptotal

2. Make sense or be logicalinformal

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

   Fazer sentido

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

   Sinônimoscheck outhold upmake sense

Verbo baseadd