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ad·di·tion (ə dis̸h′ən)
noun
- an adding of two or more numbers to get a number called the sum
- a joining of a thing to another thing
- a thing or part added; increase; specif., a room or rooms added to a building
- Law an identifying title or mark of status after a person's name (Ex.: John Smith, Esq.)
Etymology: ME addicion < OFr addition < L additio < addere: see add
in addition (to)
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
addition
n.
The process of adding
reckoning, computing, totaling, summing up, summation, enlarging, accruing, increasing, expanding, tabulating, counting, accretion, joining, uniting, appending, annexing. Antonyms
subtraction, reduction*, lessening. * That which has been added
interest, raise, additive, adjunct, augmentation, addendum, profit, profits, dividend, dividends, bonus, commission, increment, supplement, gain, insert, accretion, accession, accrual, subordinate part, enhancement, aggrandizement, reinforcement, appendage, appendix, accessory, appurtenance, attachment, extension, increase, annex, affix, appreciation. Antonyms
loss*, reduction*, shrinkage. * An architectural extension
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Converse of object
- announce: This circular announces the addition of the DAWN telephone to the Special Range and describes the telephone and additional procedures associated with it.
Converse of subject
- enhance: Experiments in the Southern Ocean show that productivity, and subsequent CO 2 drawdown, are enhanced by iron additions.
Adjective modifier
- late: The hall to the rear is a later addition.
Modifies a noun
- sobredo: Kem Plastic Playing Cards, Inc. In addition sobredo sits next to.
Noun used with modifier
- page: Yahoo has indexed 95 pages and is about four days behind the page additions.
Preposition: of
- rockin': Girls will also delight in the addition of a rockin' drum set and an awesome revamp of the Sassy Sleepover bag.
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And if there be any addition to knowledge, it is rather a new knowledge than a greater knowledge; rather a singularity in a desire of proposing something that was not knownat all beforethananimproving, anadvancing, a multiplying of former inceptions; and by that means, no knowledge comes to be perfect.
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