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See also: Addition
English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /əˈdɪʃ.ən/, [əˈdɪʃ.n̩]
Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun
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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, arithmetic) 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
- (act of adding): adding, annexation, inclusion
- (thing added): extra, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “act of adding”): exclusion, reduction
- (antonym(s) of “thing added”): deduction, reduction; See also Thesaurus:decrement
- (antonym(s) of “arithmetic operation”): subtraction
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- additional
- additionary
- additionist
- addition polymerisation
- addition polymerization
- addition reaction
- addition sign
- coaddition
- cycloaddition
- digitaddition
- gyroaddition
- heteroaddition
- in addition
- in addition to
- isoaddition
- Michael addition
- misaddition
- nonaddition
- photoaddition
- polyaddition
- readdition
- retroaddition
- spike addition
- superaddition
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
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)
- (arithmetic) addition, act of adding
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
Learned borrowing from Latin additiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
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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