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Synonyms for subtraction
səbˈtræk ʃənsub·trac·tion

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  1. subtraction, minusnoun

    an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

    "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"

    Synonyms:
    minus, deduction

    Antonyms:
    addition

  2. subtraction, deductionnoun

    the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

    "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"

    Synonyms:
    minus, price reduction, entailment, synthesis, tax write-off, deduction, deductive reasoning, tax deduction, discount, implication

    Antonyms:
    addition

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  1. decrementation

    subtraction of one

    "rely on the assumption that infinite decrementation of omega returns to the natural number realm."

    Submitted by acronimous on February 15, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. subtractionnoun

    Synonyms:
    deduction

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "subtraction":

    embezzlement, abduction, subtract

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#975discount
#6527synthesis
#7996minus
#11400deduction
#17846implication
#20729subtract
#23786abduction
#25516subtraction
#53474embezzlement
#89358entailment

How to use subtraction in a sentence?

  1. Chris Nanos:

    The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is well prepared to handle the dismissal of 158 correctional officers if the need arise. Such dismissal is viewed as addition by subtraction…No one is irreplaceable.

  2. Mae West:

    A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.

  3. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

    Synergy is addition and multiplication. Ethnicity is subtraction and division.

  4. Jan Ehrenwald.:

    Ludwig von Beethoven had never mastered the elements of arithmetic beyond addition and subtraction. A thirteen-year-old boy whom he had befriended tried unsuccessfully to teach him simple multiplication and division.

  5. Tim Ghriskey:

    The subtraction of this relatively small REIT doesn’t have a significant impact on the index at all, but the addition of Tesla does have a big impact.


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