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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAddition
/əˈdɪʃ.ən/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The process of adding something to something else.
"The addition of new features to the software improved its usability." - 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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Addition" is said worldwide
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addition
Transliteration: a-di-sjɔ̃
"L'addition de ces deux nombres donne un total de dix."
Addition
Transliteration: a-di-tsi-on
"Die Addition dieser beiden Zahlen ergibt zehn."
addizione
Transliteration: ad-di-tsjo-ne
"L'addizione di questi due numeri dà dieci."
adición
Transliteration: a-di-sjon
"La adición de estos dos números da como resultado diez."
adição
Transliteration: a-di-sãu
"A adição desses dois números resulta em dez."
जोड़
Transliteration: jor
"इन दो संख्याओं का जोड़ दस है।"
加法
Transliteration: jiāfǎ
"这两个数字的加法结果是十。"
덧셈
Transliteration: deosim
"이 두 숫자의 덧셈 결과는 10입니다."
加算
Transliteration: kasan
"この二つの数字の加算は10です。"
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