adding up to
Summing to become
Adding up to means reaching a total when combined: The bills were adding up to more than I expected.
Figuratively, it describes what something amounts to or signifies: All the evidence was adding up to one conclusion.
When something doesn't add up, it fails to make sense or reach a logical conclusion.
- calculateDetermine through math
- accumulateGather gradually
- totalComplete sum
- grand totalComplete sum of parts
- sumAddition's result
result · end result · culmination · combine · puts together · arithmetic · constitute · coherence · making sense · aggregate · tally · final count · all told · enumerate · reasoning · amount · bottom line · inference