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Addition

/əˈdɪʃ.ən/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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  1. 1

    The process of adding something to something else.

    "The addition of new features to the software improved its usability."
  2. 2

    A mathematical operation in which a number is combined with another number to obtain a total.

    "In mathematics, addition is one of the four basic operations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'additionem' (an adding to), stemming from the verb 'addere' meaning to put to or join. It entered the English language in the late 14th century via Old French, originally denoting the mathematical process of uniting numbers before broadening to include physical extensions and newly acquired items.

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