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addition

noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈdɪʃ.ən/
  • homophone: edition (weak vowel merger)
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 D IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of adding anything.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything that is added.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The arithmetic operation of adding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: arithmetic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: abatement

7

noun

Meaning 7

an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of adding one thing to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect
  • the addition of a leap day every four years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: subtraction

Broader terms: increase, step-up

Narrower terms: retrofit, fluoridation, fluoridization, fluoridisation

9

noun

Meaning 9

the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the summation of four and three gives seven
  • four plus three equals seven

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: summation, plus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arithmetic operation

10

noun

Meaning 10

a component that is added to something to improve it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement
  • the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: add-on, improver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: component, constituent, element

Narrower terms: additive, afterthought, annex, annexe, extension, wing, attachment, elongation

11

noun

Meaning 11

a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: suburb, suburbia, suburban area

12

noun

Meaning 12

something added to what you already have

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the librarian shelved the new accessions
  • he was a new addition to the staff

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accession

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acquisition

13

noun

Meaning 13

a quantity that is added

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there was an addition to property taxes this year
  • they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: increase, gain

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: indefinite quantity

Narrower terms: accretion

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *dhéh1tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin addō Latin additiōder. Old French aditionder. Middle English addicioun English addition Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Middle English addicioun, addition, from Old French adition, from Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additiō, from addō (“add, put”).

Across languages

Translations

236 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shtim — act of adding
  • Arabic: إضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa) — act of adding
  • Armenian: հավելում (havelum) — act of adding
  • Armenian: գումարում (gumarum) — act of adding
  • Bashkir: ҡушыу (quşıw) — act of adding
  • Bulgarian: приба́вяне (pribávjane) — act of adding
  • Catalan: addició — act of adding
  • Cebuano: pagpuno — act of adding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 增加 (zēngjiā) — act of adding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 添加 (tiānjiā) — act of adding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 附加 (fùjiā) — act of adding
  • Dutch: toevoeging — act of adding
  • Farefare: pa'asgɔ — act of adding
  • Finnish: lisäys — act of adding
  • Finnish: additio — act of adding
  • French: addition — act of adding
  • Galician: adición — act of adding
  • Gallurese: addizioni — act of adding
  • Georgian: დამატება (damaṭeba) — act of adding
  • Georgian: მიმატება (mimaṭeba) — act of adding
  • Georgian: შეკრება (šeḳreba) — act of adding
  • German: Zufügung — act of adding
  • German: Hinzufügung — act of adding
  • Greek: πρόσθεση (prósthesi) — act of adding
  • Haitian Creole: adisyon — act of adding
  • Hebrew: הוֹסָפָה (hosafa) — act of adding
  • Hebrew: צירוף (tseruf) — act of adding
  • Hungarian: hozzáadás — act of adding
  • Hungarian: hozzáfűzés — act of adding
  • Hungarian: kiegészítés — act of adding
  • Hungarian: bővítés — act of adding
  • Hungarian: bővülés — act of adding
  • Icelandic: viðbót — act of adding
  • Indonesian: penambahan — act of adding
  • Italian: addizione — act of adding
  • Japanese: 付加 (fuka) — act of adding
  • Japanese: 追加 (tsuika) — act of adding
  • Korean: 추가 (chuga) — act of adding
  • Korean: 부가 (buga) — act of adding
  • Korean: 가미 (gami) — act of adding
  • Kyrgyz: кошуу (koşuu) — act of adding
  • Latin: additio — act of adding
  • Latvian: pielikums — act of adding
  • Macedonian: додавање (dodavanje) — act of adding
  • Malay: penambahan — act of adding
  • Malayalam: കൂട്ടൽ (kūṭṭal) — act of adding
  • Maltese: għadd — act of adding
  • Norwegian: tillegg — act of adding
  • Norwegian Bokmål: legge til — act of adding
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilføye — act of adding
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leggje til — act of adding
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tilføye — act of adding
  • Odia: ଯୋଗ (joga) — act of adding
  • Old English: ēaca — act of adding
  • Persian: جَمْع (jam') — act of adding
  • Polish: dodawanie — act of adding
  • Portuguese: adição — act of adding
  • Quechua: yapay — act of adding
  • Romanian: adaos — act of adding
  • Romanian: adăugire — act of adding
  • Russian: сложе́ние (složénije) — act of adding
  • Russian: прибавле́ние (pribavlénije) — act of adding
  • Campidanese Sardinian: additzione — act of adding
  • Sardinian: additzione — act of adding
  • Sassarese: addizioni — act of adding
  • Serbo-Croatian: додавање — act of adding
  • Serbo-Croatian: придодавање — act of adding
  • Serbo-Croatian: dodavanje — act of adding
  • Serbo-Croatian: pridodavanje — act of adding
  • Southern Altai: кожор (kožor) — act of adding
  • Southern Altai: ... кошсо ... болор (... košso ... bolor) — act of adding
  • Spanish: adición — act of adding
  • Spanish: añadidura — act of adding
  • Tamil: சேர்த்தல் (cērttal) — act of adding
  • Tamil: கூட்டல் (kūṭṭal) — act of adding
  • Telugu: చేర్పు (cērpu) — act of adding
  • Welsh: adiad — act of adding
  • Albanian: shtesë — thing added
  • Arabic: مُضَاف (muḍāf) — thing added
  • Armenian: լրացում (lracʻum) — thing added
  • Bulgarian: доба́вка (dobávka) — thing added
  • Bulgarian: приба́вка (pribávka) — thing added
  • Catalan: addició — thing added
  • Cebuano: gipuno — thing added
  • Czech: přídavek — thing added
  • Dutch: toevoeging — thing added
  • Esperanto: aldono — thing added
  • Esperanto: alaĵo — thing added
  • Esperanto: aldonaĵo — thing added
  • Finnish: lisäys — thing added
  • French: addition — thing added
  • French: ajout — thing added
  • Galician: adición — thing added
  • German: Zusatz — thing added
  • Greek: πρόσθεση (prósthesi) — thing added
  • Ancient Greek: προσθήκη (prosthḗkē) — thing added
  • Hebrew: תּוֹסֶפֶת (toséfet) — thing added
  • Hungarian: adalék — thing added
  • Hungarian: kiegészítés — thing added
  • Hungarian: toldás — thing added
  • Hungarian: toldalék — thing added
  • Hungarian: pótlék — thing added
  • Hungarian: bővítés — thing added
  • Hungarian: bővülés — thing added
  • Icelandic: viðbót — thing added
  • Irish: breis — thing added
  • Irish: agús — thing added
  • Italian: aggiunta — thing added
  • Japanese: 建て増し (tatemashi) — thing added
  • Korean: 추가분 (chugabun) — thing added
  • Korean: 부가물 (bugamul) — thing added
  • Kyrgyz: кошумчалоо (koşumcaloo) — thing added
  • Latin: appendix — thing added
  • Luxembourgish: Zousaz — thing added
  • Luxembourgish: Ajoute — thing added
  • Maltese: żjieda — thing added
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tillegg — thing added
  • Old English: ēaca — thing added
  • Polish: dodatek — thing added
  • Portuguese: acréscimo — thing added
  • Quechua: yapa — thing added
  • Campidanese Sardinian: additzione — thing added
  • Sardinian: additzione — thing added
  • Serbo-Croatian: додатак — thing added
  • Serbo-Croatian: придодатак — thing added
  • Serbo-Croatian: dodatak — thing added
  • Serbo-Croatian: pridodatak — thing added
  • Spanish: adición — thing added
  • Spanish: añadidura — thing added
  • Spanish: aditamento — thing added
  • Spanish: añadido — thing added
  • Swedish: tillskott — thing added
  • Tamil: சேர்ப்பு (cērppu) — thing added
  • Venetan: đonta — thing added
  • Venetan: xonta — thing added
  • Welsh: ychwanegiad — thing added
  • Albanian: shto — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Arabic: جَمْع (jamʕ) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Armenian: գումարում (gumarum) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Asturian: adición — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Bashkir: ҡушыу (quşıw) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Basque: batuketa — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Belarusian: склада́нне (skladánnje) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Breton: sammadur — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Breton: sammadenn — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Bulgarian: съби́ране (sǎbírane) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Catalan: addició — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Catalan: suma — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Cebuano: pagdugang — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Cebuano: pagpuno — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加法 (jiāfǎ) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Chinese Mandarin: 添加 (tiānjiā) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Czech: sčítání — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Danish: addition — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Dutch: optellen — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Dutch: sommeren — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Estonian: liitmine — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Finnish: yhteenlasku — arithmetic: process of adding
  • French: addition — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Galician: adición — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Galician: suma — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Gallurese: addizione — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Georgian: მიმატება (mimaṭeba) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Georgian: შეკრება (šeḳreba) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Georgian: დაჯამება (daǯameba) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • German: Addition — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Greek: πρόσθεση (prósthesi) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις (prósthesis) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Hebrew: חִיבּוּר — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Hebrew: חִבּוּר (hibúr) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Hindi: जोड़ (joṛ) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Hungarian: összeadás — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Icelandic: samlagning — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Indonesian: penambahan — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Indonesian: penjumlahan — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Ingrian: lissäämiin — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Inuktitut: ᑲᑎᑎᕆᓂᖅ (katitiriniq) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Italian: addizione — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Japanese: 足し算 (tashizan) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Japanese: 加法 (kahō) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Khmer: វិធីបូក (vithii bouk) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Korean: 더하기 (deohagi) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Korean: 덧셈 (deotsem) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Korean: 가산 (gasan) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Kyrgyz: кошумчалоо (koşumcaloo) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Latvian: saskaitīšana — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Lithuanian: sudėtis — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Lithuanian: priedas — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Luxembourgish: Additioun — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Macedonian: собирање (sobiranje) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Malay: penambahan — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Malay: penjumlahan — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Malayalam: സങ്കലനം (saṅkalanaṁ) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Malayalam: കൂട്ടൽ (kūṭṭal) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Maltese: żied — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Maltese: għadd kollox — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Māori: tāpiritanga — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Mongolian: нэмэх үйлдэл (nemex üjldel) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠡᠮᠡᠬᠦ ᠦᠶᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠯ (nemekü üyiledül) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Norwegian Bokmål: addisjon — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pluss — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Occitan: addicion — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Odia: ମିଶାଣ (miśāṇa) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Persian: جَمْع (jam') — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Polish: dodawanie — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Portuguese: adição — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Portuguese: soma — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Romanian: adunare — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Russian: сложе́ние (složénije) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Campidanese Sardinian: additzione — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Sardinian: additzione — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Sassarese: addizioni — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Serbo-Croatian: сабирање — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Serbo-Croatian: sabiranje — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Slovak: sčítanie — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Slovene: seštevanje — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Southern Altai: кожор (kožor) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Southern Altai: ... кошсо ... болор (... košso ... bolor) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Spanish: suma — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Spanish: adición — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Swedish: addition — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Tagalog: palaragdagan — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Tamil: கூட்டல் (kūṭṭal) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Telugu: కూడిక (kūḍika) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Thai: การบวก (gaan-bùuak) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Ukrainian: додава́ння (dodavánnja) — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Vietnamese: phép cộng — arithmetic: process of adding
  • Albanian: shtesa — arithmetic: thing added
  • Bulgarian: събираемо (sǎbiraemo) — arithmetic: thing added
  • Dutch: optelling — arithmetic: thing added
  • Dutch: sommering — arithmetic: thing added
  • Finnish: yhteenlaskettava — arithmetic: thing added
  • Galician: sumando — arithmetic: thing added
  • German: Summant — arithmetic: thing added
  • Polish: składnik sumy — arithmetic: thing added
  • Tamil: கூட்டெண் (kūṭṭeṇ) — arithmetic: thing added
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