add up meaning and definition

ADD UP verb

Definition of add up (verb)

1. develop into
   • "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
   • synonyms: amount, come
2. determine the sum of
   • "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
   • synonyms: add, add together, sum, sum up, summate, tally, tot, tot up, total, tote up
3. add up in number or quantity
   • "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
   • synonyms: amount, come, number, total
4. be reasonable or logical or comprehensible
   • synonyms: make sense