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subtract - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To take away; deduct.
- intransitive verb To perform the arithmetic operation of subtraction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole; deduct.
- Synonyms Subtract, Deduct. See
deduct .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
remove orreduce ; especially to reduce aquantity ornumber
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a subtraction
- verb take off or away
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin subtrahere, subtract- : sub-, sub- + trahere, to draw.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō ("I draw from beneath; withdraw, remove"); from sub ("under") + trahō ("I draw, pull, drag").
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Examples
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Please for the Country First, you all's slogan do your job add to and subtract from the ideals from the majority, as it should be done.
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But this isn't to subtract from the accomplishments of Ms. Wulff.
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Homosexuality to me, does not subtract from the key issue of exploitation that this industry fosters, mainly towards women.
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Either way, feel free to add or subtract from the amount of nutmeg given to suit your individual tastes.
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But this isn't to subtract from the accomplishments of Ms. Wulff.
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One tax I forgot to subtract from the worker's wage is the amount of the tariff.
Immigration Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But that doesn't subtract from the fact that Lucas is neither a strong writer or director and is a better conceptualist and technical innovator (and marketer, to a degree).
Slick New Poster for Star Wars: The Clone Wars « FirstShowing.net 2008
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My bill, like any statute, would not be able to add or subtract from the president's Article II power.
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Scott Graham and Tom McCarthy neither add nor subtract from the enjoyment of listening to a game.
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The answer, however artfully it may (or may not) have been crafted can only subtract from the experience we have in watching the episode.
worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2005
Related Words
synonyms (103)
Words with the same meaning
- abate
- abrade
- abrupt
- abstract
- add
- algebraize
- alienate
- bate
- calculate
- cast
- cast off
- cast out
- cipher
- compute
- curtail
- cut adrift
- cut off
- cut out
- decrease
- deduct
- delete
- depart
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- detract from
- diminish
- disarticulate
- disconnect
- discount
- disengage
- disjoin
- disjoint
- disparage
- dissociate
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- dope out
- drain
- draw back
- eat away
- eject
- erode
- estimate
- estrange
- expel
- extract
- extract roots
- figure
- figure in
- figure out
- file away
- impair
- isolate
- knock
- leach
- leave
- lessen
- measure
- multiply
- part
- pull away
- pull back
- pull out
- purify
- reckon
- reduce
- refine
- remove
- retrench
- rub away
- score
- segregate
- separate
- sequester
- set apart
- set aside
- shorten
- shut off
- split
- stand aloof
- stand apart
- stand aside
- step aside
- subduct
- take account of
- take away
- take away from
- take from
- take off
- take out
- tally
- thin
- thin out
- throw off
- throw out
- uncouple
- unyoke
- wear away
- weed
- withdraw
- work out
hypernyms (8)
Words that are more generic or abstract
forms (4)
Forms
rhymes (47)
Words with the same terminal sound
- abstract
- act
- attacked
- attract
- backed
- blacked
- compact
- contract
- counterattacked
- cracked
- detract
- diffract
- distract
- enact
- exact
- extract
- fact
- hacked
- impact
- inexact
- intact
- interact
- jacked
- lacked
- overreact
- packed
- pact
- protract
- racked
- react
- redact
- reenact
- repacked
- retract
- sacked
- slacked
- smacked
- snacked
- stacked
- tacked
- tact
- tracked
- tract
- transact
- unpacked
- whacked
- wracked
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