Subtract
[səb'trækt]
Definition
(verb.) take off or away; 'this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French'.
(verb.) make a subtraction; 'subtract this amount from my paycheck'.
Typed by Levi--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Deduct, withdraw, take, take away.
Typed by Aileen
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Withdraw, remove, deduct, take
ANT:Add, import, adduce, give, bring
Typist: Rodger
Definition
v.t. to take away a part from the rest: to take one number or quantity from another to find their difference.—ns. Subtrac′ter; Subtrac′tion the act or operation of subtracting: the taking a less number or quantity from a greater.—adj. Subtract′ive subtracting: tending to subtract or lessen.—n. Sub′trahend the sum or number to be subtracted from another.
Typist: Wesley
Examples
- The Comptometer used in banks is a species of typewriter, as is also the Dudley adding and subtracting machine, known as the Numerograph, and covered by patents Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The members give the impression that they think of prostitution as something that can be subtracted from our civilization without changing the essential character of its institutions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This calls for revision of the original aim; it has to be added to and subtracted from. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We owe to him the definition of a line as length without breadth, and the formulation of the axiom, Equals subtracted from equals leave equals. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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