🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Addition

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-di-tsi-on

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Addition/əˈdɪʃ.ən/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Addition dieser beiden Zahlen ergibt zehn."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of adding something to something else.

    "The addition of new features to the software improved its usability."
  2. 2

    A mathematical operation in which a number is combined with another number to obtain a total.

    "In mathematics, addition is one of the four basic operations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'addition' originates from the Latin 'additio', meaning 'a putting to'. It entered Middle English through Old French in the late 14th century, evolving to refer specifically to the mathematical operation of combining numbers.

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