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UK
/ɐdˈɪʃən/
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[ US /əˈdɪʃən/ ]
[ US /əˈdɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
the summation of four and three gives seven
four plus three equals seven -
a quantity that is added
there was an addition to property taxes this year
they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks - a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
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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 -
something added to what you already have
the librarian shelved the new accessions
he was a new addition to the staff -
the act of adding one thing to another
the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect
the addition of a leap day every four years
How To Use addition In A Sentence
- Also the competition (as it's not all that hard to play)'s prodigious, even at youth orchestra level, so, in addition to playing something which almost often simply sounds flutey, it's very hard to get anywhere.
- Additional, wall, condole can choose deadening very, if mineral wool is sound-absorbing board wait.
- The couples agreed on a discreet slate-tiled mansard roof extension that gave each house an additional 30sq m of floor space. Times, Sunday Times
- In June 2004, the Post Exchange here was mortared, killing two Soldiers and wounding more than a dozen additional troops.
- There are those additional requirements in respect of residence and ordinary residence.
- Although there were additional conditions in the Heuer and Reisberg study the interesting comparison is between the arousal and neutral conditions.
- Retrieval before additions All records will be in their correct places and the file will be physically as well as logically in sequence.
- Hand, Schryhart, Arneel, and Merrill, weighted with this inpouring flood of stock, which they had to take at two-twenty, hurried to their favorite banks, hypothecating vast quantities at one-fifty and over, and using the money so obtained to take care of the additional shares which they were compelled to buy. The Titan
- In addition, experimental flowers that matured a fruit (and therefore received a visit) had significantly larger corollas compared with corollas of flowers that did not initiate a fruit.
- Often considered to be one of the most spectacular lizard species, sometimes called the "Jesus lizard", the green basilisk is a striking addition to any reptile collection.