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ADD TO
I. (verb)
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Meaning:
Have an increased effect
Example:
This adds to my worries
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "add to" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Tubefeeding can be used to add to what a person is able to eat or can be the only source of nutrition.
(Enteral nutrition, NCI Dictionary)
Medical problems, treatments, and personal habits can add to fatigue.
(Fatigue, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
Add to that the powder, pork, and bread-bags.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Well, Watson, you have one more specimen of the tragic and grotesque to add to your collection.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A mustache and beard add to the squaring off of the muzzle.
(Black Russian Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
Other aspects of a changing environment, such as changing food sources and fire only add to the heat stress.
(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)
How they are caused remains up for debate, and in the case of FRB 121102 the repeats add to the mystery.
(Mysterious Radio Signals Detected from Deep Space, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
These findings add to the possibility that Enceladus, which contains a subsurface ocean and displays remarkable geologic activity, could contain environments suitable for living organisms.
(Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon's Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity, NASA)
The city’s two million inhabitants and 500,000 vehicles add to the pollution released by thermoelectric plants to produce a plume that moves into surrounding areas through wind patterns.
(Tiny pollutants intensify storms in the Amazon, SciDev.Net)
“Our findings add to the growing body of research that shows treating underlying inflammatory conditions may reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.”
(Psoriasis therapy linked to reduced coronary inflammation in patients with the skin condition, National Institutes of Health)
