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ADD ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make an addition
Example:
Let's add on to this
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "add on" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
add-on (a component that is added to something to improve it)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Add to the very end
Example:
He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language
Synonyms:
add on; affix; append; supplement
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "add on" is one way to...):
attach (cause to be attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "add on"):
annex (attach to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derivation:
add-on (a supplementary component that improves capability)
