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Add in something vs Add on something

Add in something

1. put or pour something, especially in recipes.

  • Continue to add in the flour and mix each addition until it is well incorporated.

2. attach or include something, usually in the middle of a calculation.

  • Before you finish the totals, please add in these new figures.

Add on somethingattach something at the end of a calculation, list, etc.

  • She wrote me a cold letter, even the inquiry about my health looked as if it had been added on as an afterthought.