addition
See also: Addition
English Edit
Etymology Edit
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”).
Pronunciation Edit
- IPA(key): /əˈdɪʃ.ən/, [əˈdɪʃ.n̩]
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun Edit
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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
- (organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).
Synonyms Edit
- (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
- (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
Antonyms Edit
- (act of adding): exclusion, reduction
- (thing added): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
- (arithmetic operation): subtraction
Coordinate terms Edit
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Translations Edit
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 also Edit
- 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 Edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Danish Edit
Noun Edit
addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)
Declension Edit
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 Edit
Etymology Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin additiōnem.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
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 terms Edit
Descendants Edit
- → Turkish: adisyon
Further reading Edit
- “addition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams Edit
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additio.
Noun Edit
addition c
- (mathematics) an addition
Declension Edit
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Nominative | addition | additionen | additioner | additionerna |
Genitive | additions | additionens | additioners | additionernas |