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addition

addition

293 1.4
The act of putting one thing with another
  • noun
  • /əˈdɪʃən/
translation icon : incorporación
  • I encourage you to look to see which would be the best additions to your personal learning environment.
  • addition of molasses

Or is it because the process of processing causes a loss in the good stuff and addition of a lot of bad stuff?

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Examples

  • It's amazing what just the addition of one color like this can do for the look.

  • So, in addition to the rides and games, make sure you show them your support, as well.

  • So it's just this simple addition to a daily walk, right?

  • But in addition to prayer, there is effort.

  • Three other agencies in addition to ours have been invited to participate in the review.

  • I do feel like having OTTE as an addition is very, very special.

  • Often, they were referred to psychiatry in addition to whatever medical treatment was required.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And the daily rations now included the addition of coffee, sugar, and soap.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Bolt Derryman John Schonerbelt was proud to show me the newest addition to his herd.

  • The addition of new features will enhance the software's usability.

Synonyms

increase
vsaddition
524 1.0

The extra amount added to something to make it larger

stresses the action of joining items and the amount produced
sum
vsaddition
46 1.0

The total you get when you add two or more numbers

also covers the action that produces that final amount
increment
vsaddition
25 5.1

A small fixed amount by which something increases

is the general act or outcome of joining items, not fixed amounts
sum total
vsaddition
12 3.3

The whole amount you get after you add all parts

applies more broadly to the act as well as its outcome
summation
vsaddition
5 4.8

The total you get when you add things together

is the general word for the act and the resulting amount
additum
vsaddition
  • Archaic
9.9

An extra thing attached to something else

refers to the action or outcome rather than the supplementary object

Antonyms

106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

11 1.1

Taking one number away from another to find the difference

Idioms

453 1.2

Adds extra information

Compounds

addition reaction
  • Specialized
4.5

Two small molecules join to make a larger molecule

matrix addition
  • Specialized
4.4

Add the numbers in the same places of two matrices to make another matrix

How Much

expansion
241 3.3
augmentation
13 6.1
increase
524 1.0
addition
293 1.4
add-on
22 3.9

Surface Forms

addition singular
additions plural

Morphology

addition = add (transparent) = add + ition

Formed by the verb 'add' plus a standard noun-forming suffix; the sense 'the act or result of adding' follows directly.

Etymology

Addition comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and dare 'to give', and is related to the common verb add. So it means the act or result of putting something extra onto something else.