Thesaurus: addition
The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.
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Definitions
- n. The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.
- n. Anything added; increase; augmentation; as, a piazza is an addition to a building.
- n. That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
- n. A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- n. A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.
- n. Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to abatement.
- n. a component that is added to something to improve it
- n. the act of adding one thing to another
- n. a quantity that is added
- n. something added to what you already have
- n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- n. the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers