addition
See also: Addition
English
Etymology
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Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Old French adition, from Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additiō, from addō (“add, put”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈdɪʃən/, /æˈdɪʃən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
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Noun
addition (countable and uncountable, plural additions)
- (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
- Anything that is added.
- (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
- (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.
Synonyms
- (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
- (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
Antonyms
- (act of adding): exclusion, reduction
- (thing added): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
- (arithmetic operation): subtraction
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of adding
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thing added
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arithmetic: process of adding
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arithmetic: thing added
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See also
- plus sign (+)
- addition, summation: (augend) + (addend strict sense) = (addend broad sense) + (addend broad sense) = (summand) + (summand) = (sum, total)
- subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference, remainder)
- multiplication: (multiplier, multiplicator) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
- division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Danish
Noun
addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)
Declension
Declension of addition
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | addition | additionen | additioner | additionerne |
genitive | additions | additionens | additioners | additionernes |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin additiō, additiōnis.
Pronunciation
Noun
addition f (plural additions)
Descendants
- → Turkish: adisyon
Further reading
- “addition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additio.
Noun
addition c
- (mathematics) an addition
Declension
Declension of addition | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | addition | additionen | additioner | additionerna |
Genitive | additions | additionens | additioners | additionernas |
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