addition

English

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Etymology

Sense of “what is added” dating from 14th Century CE; from Old French adition (“increasement”), from Latin additionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈdɪʃn̩/, /əˈdɪʃən/, SAMPA: /@"dISn=/, /@"dIS@n/

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Noun

addition (countable and uncountable; plural additions)

1. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.

   The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

2. Anything that is added.
3. (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.

Synonyms

• (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
• (thing added): extra

Translations

act of adding

Armenian: հավելում (hy) (havelum) Bosnian: dodavanje (bs) n., pridodavanje (bs) n. Bulgarian: прибавяне (bg) Catalan: addició (ca) f. Dutch: toevoeging (nl) f. Finnish: lisäys (fi) French: addition (fr) f. German: Zufügung f., Hinzufügung f. Greek: πρόσθεση (el) (prósthesi) f. Hebrew: הוספה (hosafa) f., צירוף (tseruf) m. Icelandic: viðbót (is) f. Italian: addizione (it) f. Japanese: 付加 (ふか, fuka), 追加 (ついか, tsuika) Korean: 가감 (ko) (gagam) Malay: penambahan (ms) Maltese: għadd m.

Norwegian: Bokmål: legge til, tilføye Nynorsk: leggje til, tilføye Novial: aditione, ado Oriya: ଯୋଗ (or) Persian: جمع (fa) Polish: dodawanie (pl) n. Portuguese: adição (pt) f. Romanian: adaos (ro) f., adăugire (ro) f. Russian: сложение (ru) (složénije) n., прибавление (ru) (pribavlénije) n. Serbian: Cyrillic: додавање n., придодавање n. Roman: dodavanje n., pridodavanje n. Spanish: adición (es) f., añadidura (es) f. Telugu: చేర్పు

thing added

Bosnian: dodatak (bs) m., pridodatak (bs) m. Bulgarian: добавка (bg), прибавка (bg) Catalan: addició (ca) f. Dutch: toevoeging f. Esperanto: aldono (eo) French: addition (fr) f., ajout (fr) m. German: Zusatz (de) m. Greek: πρόσθεση (el) (prósthesi) f. Hebrew: תוספת (tosefet) f. Icelandic: viðbót (is) f.

Japanese: (making addition to a house) 建て増し (たてまし, tatemashi) Maltese: żjieda f. Norwegian: tillegg (no) n. Novial: aditione, aditu Polish: dodatek (pl) m. Portuguese: acréscimo (pt) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: додатак m., придодатак m. Roman: dodatak m., pridodatak m. Welsh: ychwanegiad (cy) m.

arithmetic: process of adding

Armenian: գումարում (hy) (gumarum) Bosnian: sabiranje (bs) n. Breton: sammadur m., -ioù pl., sammadenn f., -où pl. Bulgarian: събиране (bg) n. Catalan: addició (ca) f. Czech: sčítání (cs) n. Dutch: optellen (nl) n., sommeren (nl) n. Estonian: liitmine Finnish: yhteenlasku (fi) French: addition (fr) f. German: Addition (de) f. Greek: πρόσθεση (el) (prósthesi) f. Hebrew: חיבור (hibur) m. Hungarian: összeadás (hu) Icelandic: samlagning (is) f. Indonesian: penambahan, penjumlahan Italian: addizione (it) f.

Japanese: 足し算 (たしざん, tashizan) Lithuanian: sudėtis, priedas Maltese: żied m., għadd kollox m. Norwegian: addisjon (no) m., pluss (no) n. Oriya: ମିଶାଣ (or) Polish: dodawanie (pl) n. Portuguese: adição (pt) f. Romanian: adunare (ro) Russian: сложение (složénije) n. Serbian: Cyrillic: сабирање n. Roman: sabiranje n. Slovak: sčítanie n. Spanish: suma (es) f. Swedish: addition (sv) c. Telugu: కూడిక

arithmetic: thing added

Dutch: optelling f., sommering f.

Related terms

• add
• adder

See also

• plus sign (+)

References

• “addition” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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Pronunciation

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Noun

addition f. (plural additions)

1. addition (act of adding; thing added; in arithmetic)
2. bill (UK), check (US) (in a restaurant, etc)

Anagrams

• dodinait

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Etymology

addera +‎ -tion

Noun

addition c.

1. (mathematics) an addition

Declension

Declension of addition

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	addition	additionen	additioner	additionerna
genitive	additions	additionens	additioners	additionernas