Definition, synonyms and related words
present participle of add
"Adding the final ingredient, she stirred the soup until it reached a perfect consistency."
In plain English: Adding means putting two or more things together to make a total.
"She was adding sugar to her coffee."
Usage: Use "adding" to describe the ongoing action of including something extra or increasing a total amount. It functions grammatically as a verb form that can act as a gerund or part of a continuous tense.
Derived from the Old English addean, this verb form comes from the Proto-Germanic root addjan meaning "to add." It originally described the act of putting one thing to another.