Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The operation that, for positive integers, consists of increasing by a definite number of increments of 1. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the additive properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.
- noun Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
- noun The process of adding or joining something to something else, typically to make it larger.
- noun Something added.
- idiom (in addition) Also; as well.
- idiom (in addition to) Over and above; besides.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To furnish with an addition, or a designation additional to one's name.
- To combine; add together.
- noun The act or process of adding or uniting, especially so that the parts remain independent of one another: opposed to subtraction or diminution: as, a sum is increased by addition; to increase a heap by the addition of more.
- noun The result of adding; anything added, whether material or immaterial.
- noun Specifically— In law, a title or designation annexed to a man's name to show his rank, occupation, or place of residence: as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of Boston, Hence—
- noun An epithet or any added designation or description: a use frequent in Shakspere, but now obsolete.
- noun In music, a dot at the side of a note indicating that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- noun In heraldry, same as
augmentation . - noun In distilling, anything added to the wash or liquor when in a state of fermentation.
- noun Superaddition, appendage, adjunct, increase, increment, extension, enlargement, augmentation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to
subtraction ordiminution . - noun Anything added; increase; augmentation.
- noun (Math.) That part of arithmetic which treats of adding numbers.
- noun (Mus.), rare A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
- noun (Law) A title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely.; Richard Roe,
Gent .; Robert Dale,Mason ; Thomas Way,of New York ; a mark of distinction; a title. - noun (Her.) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honor; -- opposed to
abatement . - noun (Geom.) that kind of addition of two lines, or vectors, AB and BC, by which their sum is regarded as the line, or vector, AC.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The act of adding anything.
- noun Anything that is added.
- noun uncountable The
arithmetic operation ofadding .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a quantity that is added
- noun a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- noun a component that is added to something to improve it
- noun the act of adding one thing to another
- noun something added to what you already have
- noun the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here, in addition, is an index to those houses, with special notes of my own to every house.
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She has been well cautioned, and, in addition, is not the sort of person who would assist a young lady in carrying on a clandestine correspondence.
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This addition is an improvement because these factors are obviously appropriate criteria for measuring the performance of a broker in making a recommendation.
FINRA's New Suitability Rule Doesn't Go Far Enough Seth Lipner 2010
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This addition is an improvement because these factors are obviously appropriate criteria for measuring the performance of a broker in making a recommendation.
FINRA's New Suitability Rule Doesn't Go Far Enough Seth Lipner 2010
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June 25th, 2009 3: 54 pm ET the only thing that will convince Americans to change their addition is their pocket – I love the times when gallon was $5.00 at the pump
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While experience search marketers will prefer to manage their ads on a more micro level, this addition is a great option for those who have limited time and money to actively manage their AdWords campaign.
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A label addition citing potential suicide risks could affect Pfizer more than other companies, because its drug Lyrica is a relatively new launch and brought in $1.8 billion in sales last year.
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Another addition is a “Top Stories” and “RSS & Podcasts” subscription box at the bottom of each article.
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Thus, through the process of what we call addition by less subtraction, the deductions from real GDP figure to be significantly smaller in Q2 than was the case in Q1.
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Thus, through the process of what we call addition by less subtraction, the deductions from real GDP figure to be significantly smaller in Q2 than was the case in Q1.
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