addition
US: /əˈdɪʃən/
UK: /ɐdˈɪʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
addition /ə'diʃn/- danh từ
- (toán học) tính cộng; phép cộng; sự cộng lại
- sự thêm, phần thêm
- the family had a new addition: gia đình ấy thêm một người
- in addition to: thêm vào
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] the process of adding two or more numbers together to find their total: children learning addition and subtraction
Antonym: SUBTRACTION
2 [C] ~ (to sth) a thing that is added to sth else: the latest addition to our range of cars + an addition to the family (= another child) + (AmE) to build a new addition onto a house + last minute additions to the government's package of proposals
3 [U] ~ (of sth) the act of adding sth to sth else: Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil.
Idioms: in addition (to sb/sth) used when you want to mention another person or thing after sth else: In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight. + There is, in addition, one further point to make.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 adding, joining, putting together, uniting, combining:
The addition of this paragraph is uncalled for.
2 totalling, adding up, summing-up, summation, counting up, reckoning, totting up:
You have made an error in addition.
3 addendum, appendix, appendage, supplement, increment, augmentation, extension:
This addition contributes nothing to the manuscript.
4 extension, ell, Brit annexe, US annex, wing:
We used our lottery winnings to pay for an addition to the house.
prep.
5 in addition to. as well as, besides, beyond, over and above:
In addition to books, the shop sold greetings cards.
adv. phr.
6 in addition. moreover, furthermore, additionally, besides, withal, to boot, in or into the bargain, too, also, as well:
We were compelled to exercise every morning and in addition we went for a ten-mile run each Saturday.
Collocation
1 sth that is added
ADJ.
useful, valuable, welcome, worthy | important, major, notable, significant | latest, new, recent
VERB + ADDITION
make
We have made several additions to the collection recently.
PREP.
~ to
the latest addition to the family (= a new baby)
2 process of adding numbers/amounts
ADJ.
simple
He worked it out through simple addition.
VERB + ADDITION
do
She can do addition, but she hasn't learned subtraction yet.
Concise dictionary
additionsə'dɪʃnnoun
+a component that is added to something to improve it
+the act of adding one thing to another
+a quantity that is added
+something added to what you already have
+a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
+the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
