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add
Verb
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If you add mathx/math to mathy/math, you put mathx/math and mathy/math together.
Cook for five minutes, then add the remaining spices to the soup.
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If you add time, or price, you increase it.
A new kitchen would add value to the home.
We need to add five more waiters by next week.
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If you add something to what you've said, you say something more.
I paused for a moment, then added, "Would you mind if I had some pudding?"
years
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noun
(= old age, age, eld, geezerhood)
a late time of life
old age is not for sissies
he's showing his years
age hasn't slowed him down at all
a beard white with eld
on the brink of geezerhood
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noun
(= age)
a prolonged period of time
we've known each other for ages
I haven't been there for years and years
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noun
(= days)
the time during which someone's life continues
the monarch's last days
in his final years