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addition

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addition


Main Entry:
ad·di·tion Listen to the pronunciation of addition
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
in addition to
: combined or associated with : 1besides 2


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