add up verb3 •To take the sum of; to total.Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost.When they added up the vaccine doses from all known and anticipate sources, they didn't have enough. •To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.His story just doesn't add up. Why would he have been at the restaurant the day before the event? •To accumulate; to amount to.If you can save even a couple of dollars per day, it will add up to a lot over a year. formsadded up · adding up · adds up