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addition

Main Entry:: ad·di·tion
Pronunciation:: \ə-ˈdi-shən, a-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: addicion Anglo-French, from Latin addition-, additio, from addere
Date:: 14th century

1: a part added (as to a building or residential section)2: the result of adding : increase3: the act or process of adding; especially : the operation of combining numbers so as to obtain an equivalent simple quantity4: direct chemical combination of substances into a single product

— in addition

: ²besides, also

— in addition to

: combined or associated with : ¹besides 2

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