subtract
verb
1 subtract
Make a subtraction:
— Subtract this amount from my paycheck.
synonyms: deduct, take off.
Roget 36:
decrease,
diminish,
lessen;
abridge
etc.
(shorten)
201;
shrink
etc.
(contract)
195;
drop off,
fall off,
tail off;
fall away,
waste,
wear;
wane,
ebb,
decline;
descend
etc.
306;
subside;
melt away,
die away;
retire into the shade,
hide its diminished head,
fall to a low ebb,
run low,
languish,
decay,
crumble.
bate,
abate,
dequantitate†;
discount;
depreciate;
extenuate,
lower,
weaken,
attenuate,
fritter away;
mitigate
etc.
(moderate)
174;
dwarf,
throw into the shade;
reduce
etc.
195;
shorten
etc.
201;
subtract
etc.
38.
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Roget 85:
number,
count,
tally,
tell;
call over,
run over;
take an account of,
enumerate,
muster,
poll,
recite,
recapitulate;
sum;
sum up,
cast up;
tell off,
score,
cipher,
compute,
calculate,
suppute†,
add,
subtract,
multiply,
divide,
extract roots.
algebraize†.
check,
prove,
demonstrate,
balance,
audit,
overhaul,
take stock;
affix numbers to,
page.
amount to,
add up to,
come to.
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Roget 38:
subduct,
subtract;
deduct,
deduce;
bate,
retrench;
remove,
withdraw,
take from,
take away;
detract.
garble,
mutilate,
amputate,
detruncate†;
cut off,
cut away,
cut out;
abscind†,
excise;
pare,
thin,
prune,
decimate;
abrade,
scrape,
file;
geld,
castrate;
eliminate.
diminish
etc.
36;
curtail
etc.
(shorten)
201;
deprive of
etc.
(take)
789;
weaken.
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Dutch: aftrekken
2 subtract
Take off or away.
Dutch: afgaan
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