addition

About 106.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of adding anything.

   The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

2. noun Anything that is added.
3. noun The arithmetic operation of adding.
4. noun A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
5. noun A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.
6. noun Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour.
7. noun an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct).

Similar words

plus summation accession improver increase gain add-on sum additional supplement

Often followed by

to of the and there is or a it

Word family

additions