addition

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ad·di·tion | \ ə-ˈdi-shən

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Definition of addition

1 : a part added (as to a building or residential section) The addition expanded the kitchen.

2 : anything or anyone added : increase The clerk was a recent addition to the staff.

3 : the act or process of adding a recipe enhanced by the addition of freshly ground pepper especially : the operation of combining numbers so as to obtain an equivalent simple quantity schoolchildren learning about addition and subtraction

4 : direct chemical combination of substances into a single product

in addition

: besides entry 2, also The job requires a college degree and, in addition, at least two years of experience.

in addition to

: combined or associated with : besides entry 1 sense 2 In addition to soup, several salads were served.

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Examples of addition in a Sentence

The children learned addition and subtraction. The museum's collection includes several new additions.

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