addition

pronunciation

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Noun:

a component that is added to something to improve it
the act of adding one thing to another
a quantity that is added
something added to what you already have
a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

Word Origin

addition (n.): late 14c., "action of adding numbers;" c. 1400, "that which is added," from Old French adition "increase, augmentation" (13c.), from Latin additionem (nominative additio) "an adding to, addition," noun of action from past participle stem of addere (see add). Phrase in addition to "also" is from 1680s.

Synonym

n.

n.

uniting joining adding on appending tacking attaching combining annexing

n.

extension enlargement expansion accession continuation prolongation accretion addendum increment augmentation increase

n.

counting enumerating adding computation calculation totalling up summation tallying reckoning

n.

tailpiece codicil interpolation appendage add annexation addendum suffix on additament superaddition supplement insertion attachment postscript appendix accessory interposition affix adjunct appurtenance interjection

Antonym

n.

Example

1. A recent addition is real-time bus arrival times .

2. The researchers hope this addition will turn their heat-scavenging technology into a practical reality .

3. This is to employ an ion-exchange resin in addition to the membranes .

4. Java 3d is an addition to java for displaying three-dimensional graphics .

5. Help your child learn division , multiplication , subtraction and addition by teaching her about the different denominations of money .

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