addition
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) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən
- Homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)
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) 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 760858814, [Act I, scene iv]:
- […] They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height/ The pith and marrow of our attribute […]
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- (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
- Antonym: 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
Coordinate terms
- succession
- multiplication
- exponentiation
- tetration
- pentation
- hexation
Derived terms
- additional
- addition polymerisation
- addition polymerization
- addition reaction
- addition sign
- in addition
- in addition to
- Michael addition
- spike addition
Related terms
- add
- adder
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 (2001–2023), “addition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Danish
Noun
addition c (singular definite additionen, plural indefinite additioner)
- (arithmetics) 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 additiō, additiōnis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.di.sjɔ̃/
audio (file) - Homophone: additions
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
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
- additionner
Descendants
- → Turkish: adisyon
Further reading
- “addition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dodinait
Swedish
Etymology
Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additio.
Noun
addition c
- (mathematics) an addition
Declension
Declension of addition | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | addition | additionen | additioner | additionerna |
Genitive | additions | additionens | additioners | additionernas |