Verb: add up
- Determine the sum of
"You need to add up all the items on the receipt";
- total, tot [Brit, informal], tot up [Brit, informal], sum, sum up, summate [rare], add, add together, tally
- Equal a particular sum or quantity when calculated or combined
"The bill added up to $2,000";
- total, number, come, amount, come to
- Be reasonable, logical, or comprehensible
"His explanation finally added up to me";
- make sense
- To measure up to in kind or quality
"His credentials just don't add up to what we're looking for";
- come, amount
Derived forms: adds up, adding up, added up
Type of: be, become, count, enumerate, exist, number, numerate, turn