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SUBTRACTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks

Synonyms:

deduction; subtraction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("subtraction" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subtraction"):

bite (a portion removed from the whole)

withholding (the act of deducting from an employee's salary)

Antonym:

addition (the act of adding one thing to another)

Derivation:

subtract (make a subtraction)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

Example:

four minus three equals one

Synonyms:

minus; subtraction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("subtraction" is a kind of...):

arithmetic operation (a mathematical operation involving numbers)

Derivation:

subtract (make a subtraction)

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