addition

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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).

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Examples (law)
  • John Doe, Esq.
  • Robert Dale, Mason
  • Thomas Way, of New York

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.
  4. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
  5. (chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
  6. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
    Antonym: abatement

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addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)

  1. (arithmetics) addition, act of adding

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EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Latin additiō, additiōnis.

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addition f (plural additions)

  1. (arithmetic) addition (operation of adding a number to another)
    Coordinate terms: soustraction, multiplication, division
  2. bill, check (written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge, in a bar or a restaurant)

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  • Turkish: adisyon

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EtymologyEdit

Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additio.

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addition c

  1. (mathematics) an addition

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Declension of addition 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative addition additionen additioner additionerna
Genitive additions additionens additioners additionernas