addition
See also: Addition
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Middle English addicioun, addition, from Old French adition, from Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additiō, from addō (“add, put”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /əˈdɪʃ.ən/, [əˈdɪʃ.n̩]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
- Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)
NounEdit
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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.
- 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.
- Antonym: abatement
SynonymsEdit
- (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
- (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
AntonymsEdit
- (act of adding): exclusion, reduction
- (thing added): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
- (arithmetic operation): subtraction
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
act of adding
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thing added
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arithmetic: process of adding
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arithmetic: thing added
See alsoEdit
- 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
ReferencesEdit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
DanishEdit
NounEdit
addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of addition
common gender |
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | addition | additionen | additioner | additionerne |
genitive | additions | additionens | additioners | additionernes |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin additiō, additiōnis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
addition f (plural additions)
- (arithmetic) addition (operation of adding a number to another)
- Coordinate terms: soustraction, multiplication, division
- bill, check (written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge, in a bar or a restaurant)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Turkish: adisyon
Further readingEdit
- “addition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additio.
NounEdit
addition c
- (mathematics) an addition
DeclensionEdit
Declension of addition | ||||
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Nominative | addition | additionen | additioner | additionerna |
Genitive | additions | additionens | additioners | additionernas |