add up

additionner

Calculer le total en réunissant deux ou plusieurs nombres ou quantités.

En anglais simple : Find the total by putting two or more numbers or amounts together.

• Add up these numbers.
• She added up the prices on the list.
• Have you added all the scores up?

Comment l'utiliser : add something up (Add the costs up before you decide.)

Synonymes : total, sum

Expressions courantes : add up the numbers, add something up

s’accumuler, faire au total

Des quantités augmentent peu à peu ou forment ensemble un total précis.

En anglais simple : Gradually become a larger amount or together make a particular total.

• Small costs soon add up.
• Our savings added up to enough for a holiday.
• Those extra minutes add up over a year.

Comment l'utiliser : add up to an amount (The fees add up to fifty euros.)

Synonymes : accumulate, amount to

Expressions courantes : costs add up, add up to something

tenir debout, être cohérent

Paraître logique et correspondre aux faits que l'on connaît.

En anglais simple : Seem reasonable and fit with the facts you know.

• His story does not add up.
• The dates added up once we checked the records.
• If she was abroad, her explanation cannot add up.

Synonymes : make sense, hold together

Expressions courantes : does not add up, story will add up