add up to

Definition of add up to in English English dictionary: be rational or logical, be understandable; develop into; add up in number add up in quantity; If amounts add up to a particular total, they result in that total when they are put together. For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars. = amount to
add up: 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?.
add up: 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.
add up: To take a sum
Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost.
add to: {f} supplement, augment; raise the quantity of; include; have an increased effect
add to: have an increased effect; "This adds to my worries"
add to: have an increased effect; "This adds to my worries
add up: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
add up: If small amounts of something add up, they gradually increase. Even small savings can add up
add up: If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible. Police said they arrested Olivia because her statements did not add up
add up: be reasonable or logical or comprehensible
add up: have a sum of, sum up; make sense, form an understandable conclusion
add up: see add 2
add up: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
add up: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"