adding
追加する
解説 Definition
adding は add（加える、追加する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。何かを足して数や量を増やすこと、または情報や項目を追加することを表します。
Adding is the present participle or gerund of “add.” It refers to putting something together with what is already present, thereby increasing a quantity, including another item, or supplying extra information.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 add「加える」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、adding となります。add はすでに d が二つあるため、そのまま -ing を続け、発音は /æd/ から /ˈædɪŋ/ へ変わります。add A to B「BにAを加える」を核に、adding sugar、adding names のように物・量・情報を増やす場面で覚えます。
Adding comes from the base verb add plus -ing. Since add already ends in the spelling dd, simply attach -ing: add becomes adding. The pronunciation changes from /æd/ to /ˈædɪŋ/. Learn the common structure add A to B: adding sugar to tea puts an extra ingredient into the drink, while adding names to a list supplies more information. As a gerund, adding can act like a noun, as in Adding one more chair will help. The central image is always something extra joining an amount, collection, document, or calculation that already exists.
例文
Adding sugar makes the tea sweet.
砂糖を加えるとお茶が甘くなります。
She is adding names to the list.
彼女はリストに名前を追加しています。
Adding one more chair will help.
椅子をもう一つ追加すると助かります。
adding の類義語・関連語
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adding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 addere（加える）から。ad-（～へ）+ dare（与える）で「さらに与える」が原義。data（与えられたもの＝データ）、date（日付）も語根 dare の仲間。何かに「付け加える」動作を端的に表す。
Adding is the -ing form of add. The verb came through French from Latin addere, “to add or attach,” which combines ad-, “to,” with dare, “to give.” Its underlying image is therefore giving or placing something in addition to what is already present. In modern English, add applies both to arithmetic and to everyday acts such as including an ingredient, entering information, attaching a comment, or increasing a total.
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