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SUBTRACT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take off or away

Example:

this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "subtract" is one way to...):

bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a subtraction

Example:

subtract this amount from my paycheck

Synonyms:

deduct; subtract; take off

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "subtract" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "subtract"):

carry back (deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

add (make an addition by combining numbers)

Derivation:

subtraction (the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole))

subtraction (an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated)

subtractive (constituting or involving subtraction)

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