Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Begin
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Despite consisting entirely of Numbered Sequels, the continuity in Five Nights at Freddy's is rather confusing (and that is before you add FNAF World, which is most likely in an Alternate Continuity to begin with).
Source: Sequel Number Snarl -
The painful irony lies in the fact that the director had to artificially add these elements to the beach scene since they were not there to begin with, which means he knew they were not realistic.
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Metaplot: Despite never being big on continuity to begin with, West End Games tried to add one in the late eighties by releasing several adventure books with overarching storylines.
Source: Tabletop Game / Paranoia
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Begin and Add. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/begin
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