Subtraction

//səbˈtɹækʃən//

Synonyms for "subtraction" (98 found)

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Noun(1 words)
deduction

Related words (49)

Noun(1 words)
minus

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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Translations

110 translations across 64 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • zbritja noun (process)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἀφαίρεσις noun (process)
  • ἀφαίρεσις noun (calculation)

Arabic

1 entries
  • طَرْح noun (process)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հանում noun (process)
  • հանում noun (calculation)

Asturian

2 entries
  • resta noun (process)
  • sustracción noun (process)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • çıxma noun (process)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • алыу noun (process)
  • алыу noun (calculation)

Basque

1 entries
  • kenketa noun (process)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • адніма́нне noun (process)
  • адыма́нне noun (process)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বিয়োগ noun (process)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • изва́ждане noun (process)
  • изваждане noun (calculation)

Catalan

4 entries
  • resta noun (process)
  • sostracció noun (process)
  • subtracció noun (process)
  • subtracció noun (calculation)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 減法 /减法 noun (process)

Czech

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  • odčítání noun (process)

Danish

1 entries
  • subtraktion noun (process)

Dutch

2 entries
  • aftrekken noun (process)
  • aftrekking noun (calculation)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • subtraho noun (process)
  • subtraho noun (calculation)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lahutamine noun (process)

Finnish

1 entries
  • vähentäminen noun (process)

French

1 entries
  • soustraction noun (process)

Galician

2 entries
  • resta noun (process)
  • subtracción noun (process)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გამოკლება noun (process)
  • გამოკლება noun (calculation)

German

4 entries
  • Abziehen noun (process)
  • Abziehung noun (process)
  • Abzug noun (process)
  • Subtrahieren noun (process)

Greek

2 entries
  • αφαίρεση noun (process)
  • αφαίρεση noun (calculation)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • બાદબાકી noun (process)

Hindi

1 entries
  • घटाना noun (process)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kivonás noun (process)
  • kivonás noun (calculation)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • frádráttur noun (process)

Ido

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  • sustraciono noun (process)
  • sustraciono noun (calculation)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pengurangan noun (process)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • vähentämiin noun (calculation)

Italian

2 entries
  • sottrazione noun (process)
  • sottrazione noun (calculation)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 引き算 noun (process)
  • 引き算 noun (calculation)
  • 減法 noun (process)
  • 減法 noun (calculation)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ವ್ಯವಕಲನ noun (process)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • азайту noun (process)

Korean

4 entries
  • 감법 noun (process)
  • 빼기 noun (process)
  • 뺄셈 noun (process)
  • 뺄셈 noun (calculation)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • кемитме noun (process)
  • кемитме noun (calculation)

Latin

2 entries
  • subtractiō noun (process)
  • subtractiō noun (calculation)

Latvian

1 entries
  • atņemšana noun (process)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • atimtis noun (process)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • одземање noun (process)

Malay

1 entries
  • penolakan noun (process)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хасах үйлдэл noun (process)
  • ᠬᠠᠰᠤᠬᠤ ᠦᠶᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠯ noun (process)

Māori

1 entries
  • tangohanga noun (calculation)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • subtraksjon noun (process)
  • subtraksjon noun (calculation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • subtraksjon noun (process)
  • subtraksjon noun (calculation)

Persian

1 entries
  • تفریق noun (process)

Polish

1 entries
  • odejmowanie noun (process)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • subtração noun (process)
  • subtração noun (calculation)

Romanian

1 entries
  • scădere noun (process)

Russian

2 entries
  • вычита́ние noun (process)
  • вычита́ние noun (calculation)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • oduzimanje noun (calculation)
  • odùzimānje noun (process)
  • оду̀зима̄ње noun (process)

Slovak

1 entries
  • odčítanie noun (process)

Slovene

1 entries
  • odštevanje noun (process)

Spanish

3 entries
  • resta noun (process)
  • substracción noun (process)
  • sustracción noun (process)

Swedish

1 entries
  • subtraktion noun (process)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • palabawasan noun (process)
  • palabawasan noun (calculation)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கழித்தல் noun (process)

Telugu

2 entries
  • తీసివేత noun (process)
  • తీసివేత noun (calculation)

Turkish

3 entries
  • çıkarma noun (process)
  • çıkarma işlemi noun (process)
  • çıkarma işlemi noun (calculation)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • відніма́ння noun (process)
  • відніма́ння noun (calculation)

Urdu

1 entries
  • تفریق noun (process)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • ayirish noun (process)
  • olish noun (process)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • phép trừ noun (process)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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I like addition but not subtraction.

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Addition and subtraction are functions of mathematics.

Source: tatoeba (681438)

The addition is correct, but there is an error in your subtraction.

Source: tatoeba (2264370)

"Which science does the operation subtraction belong to?" "Subtraction belongs to arithmetic."

Source: tatoeba (2772583)

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