| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | process of conjoining, adding |
Synonyms: |
accession, adding, adjoining, affixing, annexation, attachment, augmentation, enlargement, extension, inclusion, increasing |
| Notes: | an addition is something that, when added, serves simply to augment or extend that to which it has been added, leaving the character of the original unchanged; an addendum forms a separate distinguishable portion of the whole and it first meant 'a thing to be added' |
Antonyms: |
decrease, deduction, lessening, loss, reduction, shrinkage, subtraction, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
Synonyms: |
accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arithmetical process of augmentation |
Synonyms: |
accretion, accruing, adding, computing, counting, enlarging, expanding, increasing, reckoning, summation, summing, tabulating, totaling, toting |
Antonyms: |
subtraction |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
accessory, accrual, added, additional, additive, adjectitious, adscititious, anabatic, ascititious, ascriptitious, beblubbered, big, bigswoln, bloated, blowzy, bulbous, distended, dropsical, epactal, exaggerated, expanded, expansive, extra, fat, flabelliform, full-blown, full-formed, full-grown, gorbelly, gravid, hypertrophic, hypertrophied, increased, larger, obese, oedematous, on the increase, overgrown, patulous, phlogogenetic, pinguescent, planteric, pot-bellied, puffy, pulvinate, pursy, scaturient, subjunctive, sufflated, supervacaneous, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, suppletory, sway-bellied, swelling, swollen, tumid, turgescent, turgid, undiminished, wide-open, widespread, évasé
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| Concept: | Addition. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
addition, annexation, adjection; junction; superposition, superaddition, superjunction, superfetation; accession, reinforcement; increase; increment, supplement; accompaniment; interposition; insertion.
-verbs
add, annex, affix, superadd, subjoin, superpose; clap on, saddle on; tack to, append, tag; ingraft; saddle with; sprinkle; introduce (interpose); insert., become added, accrue; advene, supervene., reenforce, restrengthen; reinforce, swell the ranks of; augment.
-adjectives
added; additional; supplemental, supplementary; suppletory, subjunctive; adjectitious, adscititious, ascititious; additive, extra, accessory.
-adverbs
au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra; and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera; and so on, and so forth; into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover., with, withal; including, inclusive, as well as, not to mention, let alone; together with, along with, coupled with, in conjunction with; conjointly; jointly.
-phrases
adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.
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Antonyms: |
nonaddition |
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| Main Entry: | accession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that augments, adds to |
Synonyms: |
accretion, addition, augmentation, enlargement, extension, increase, increment, raise, rise |
| Main Entry: | accessory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ornament; accompanying item; supplementary part |
Synonyms: |
accent, addition, adjunct, adornment, appendage, appendix, appliance, appurtenance, attachment, component, decoration, extension, extra, frill, help, supplement, trim, trimming |
Antonyms: |
principal |
| Main Entry: | accumulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering or amassing |
Synonyms: |
accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping |
Antonyms: |
dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining or receiving |
Synonyms: |
accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
Antonyms: |
dearth, lack, loss, need, want |
| Main Entry: | addendum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined, added |
Synonyms: |
addition, adjunct, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, codicil, extension, extra, postscript, rider, supplement |