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addition
noun
1 addition
A component that is added to something to improve it:
— The addition of a bathroom was a major improvement.
— The addition of cinnamon improved the flavor.
synonyms: add-on, improver.
Roget 39:
adjunct;
addition,
additament†;
additum [Lat.],
affix,
appelidage†,
annexe†,
annex;
augment,
augmentation;
increment,
reinforcement,
supernumerary,
accessory,
item;
garnish,
sauce;
accompaniment
etc.
88;
adjective,
addendum;
complement,
supplement;
continuation.
rider,
offshoot,
episode,
side issue,
corollary;
piece [Fr.];
flap,
lappet,
skirt,
embroidery,
trappings,
cortege;
tail,
suffix
etc.
(sequel)
65;
wing.
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2 addition
The act of adding one thing to another.
Dutch: optellen, sommering, sommeren, adjunctie, toevoeging
Polish: dodanie
3 addition
A quantity that is added:
— There was an addition to property taxes this year.
synonyms: gain, increase.
Roget 37:
addition,
annexation,
adjection†;
junction
etc.
43;
superposition,
superaddition,
superjunction†,
superfetation;
accession,
reinforcement;
increase
etc.
35;
increment,
supplement;
accompaniment
etc.
88;
interposition
etc.
228;
insertion
etc.
300.
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Dutch: aangroei, aanwas, stijging, toename
Polish: przybór
4 addition
Something added to what you already have:
— He was a new addition to the staff.
synonym: accession.
5 addition
A suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area.
6 addition
The arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers.
synonyms: plus, summation.
Roget 85:
numeration;
numbering
etc.
v.;
pagination;
tale,
recension†,
enumeration,
summation,
reckoning,
computation,
supputation†;
calculation,
calculus;
algorithm,
algorism†,
rhabdology†,
dactylonomy†;
measurement
etc.
466;
statistics.
arithmetic,
analysis,
algebra,
geometry,
analytical geometry,
fluxions†;
differential calculus,
integral calculus,
infinitesimal calculus;
calculus of differences.
[Statistics]
dead reckoning,
muster,
poll,
census,
capitation,
roll call,
recapitulation;
account
etc.
(list)
86.
[Operations]
notation, ,
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division,
rule of three,
practice,
equations,
extraction of roots,
reduction,
involution,
evolution,
estimation,
approximation,
interpolation,
differentiation,
integration.
[Instruments]
abacus,
logometer†,
slide rule,
slipstick [Coll.],
tallies,
Napier's bones,
calculating machine,
difference engine,
suan-pan†;
adding machine;
cash register;
electronic calculator,
calculator,
computer;
[people who calculate]
arithmetician,
calculator,
abacist†,
algebraist,
mathematician;
statistician,
geometer;
programmer;
accountant,
auditor.
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Dutch: optelling, sommatie
Polish: podsumowywanie, dodawanie, sumowanie, podliczanie
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