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# addition

noun (addition, additions)

«addition» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (maths) Putting numbers together to find a total; the sum operation, shown by the sign +. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#m1)
2. A thing or person that is added (a new addition to the family). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#m2)
3. The act of adding something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#m3)
4. «In addition» or «in addition to»: as well, also. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#m4)

### In the lessons

One of the four basic maths operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Key words for addition in word problems: «in all», «altogether», «total», «sum», «more», «plus». In everyday life, a new room built onto a house, a new baby or pet. Phrases: «in addition», «in addition to», «addition sum», «a welcome addition».

### Examples

- Addition is putting numbers together: 3 + 4 = 7. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x1)
- We practised addition and subtraction today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x2)
- The baby is the newest addition to our family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x3)
- In addition to maths, we have art today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x4)
- They built an addition to the back of the house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x5)
- The new slide is a great addition to the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x6)
- Use addition to find the total cost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x7)
- Toto did not like this addition to the party at first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable for the maths operation, countable for added things. Do not confuse with «edition» (a version of a book or newspaper). In maths: addition is commutative (3 + 5 = 5 + 3); the answer is the «sum» or «total». The inverse of addition is subtraction.

## In Jewish tradition

One of the four basic maths operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Key words for addition in word problems: «in all», «altogether», «total», «sum», «more», «plus». In everyday life, a new room built onto a house, a new baby or pet. Phrases: «in addition», «in addition to», «addition sum», «a welcome addition».

### Examples

- The same passage is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Chagigah, p. 12, a, with the addition of (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/addition/#x1)
- must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. ' 44. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/addition/#x2)
- It counts n among the simple letters, and, conse- quently, no sound in addition to tiiat of /( can be attached to it. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/addition/#x3)

### Note

Uncountable for the maths operation, countable for added things. Do not confuse with «edition» (a version of a book or newspaper). In maths: addition is commutative (3 + 5 = 5 + 3); the answer is the «sum» or «total». The inverse of addition is subtraction.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «addition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/addition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«addition» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/addition.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «addition» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/addition/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«addition» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/addition.html) on Mova free.