noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An act of subtraction.

   "[…] she is confronted with the menacing reality of her incompetence. Which is not to say she can't do the addings and subtractings."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of subtract form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

abateabradeabruptabstractaddalgebraize

Example

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"Once you go ahead and start, even the tiresome work of adding and subtracting figures is interesting in its way."

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