Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To take away; deduct.
- intransitive verb To perform the arithmetic operation of subtraction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole; deduct.
- Synonyms Subtract, Deduct. See
deduct .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
remove orreduce ; especially to reduce aquantity ornumber
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a subtraction
- verb take off or away
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Please for the Country First, you all's slogan do your job add to and subtract from the ideals from the majority, as it should be done.
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But this isn't to subtract from the accomplishments of Ms. Wulff.
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Homosexuality to me, does not subtract from the key issue of exploitation that this industry fosters, mainly towards women.
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Either way, feel free to add or subtract from the amount of nutmeg given to suit your individual tastes.
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But this isn't to subtract from the accomplishments of Ms. Wulff.
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One tax I forgot to subtract from the worker's wage is the amount of the tariff.
Immigration Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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But that doesn't subtract from the fact that Lucas is neither a strong writer or director and is a better conceptualist and technical innovator (and marketer, to a degree).
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My bill, like any statute, would not be able to add or subtract from the president's Article II power.
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Scott Graham and Tom McCarthy neither add nor subtract from the enjoyment of listening to a game.
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The answer, however artfully it may (or may not) have been crafted can only subtract from the experience we have in watching the episode.
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