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- Dictionarysubtract/səbˈtrakt/
verb
- 1. take away (a number or amount) from another to calculate the difference: "subtract 43 from 60"
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to remove a number from another number: Four subtracted from ten equals six. Compare. add. divide verb (CALCULATE) multiply. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division. add (something) up. addition sign. additive. arithmetical. deduction. half. halve. highest common factor. long division. power.
: to take away by or as if by deducting. subtract 5 from 9. subtract funds from the project. intransitive verb. : to perform a subtraction. subtracter noun. Synonyms. abate. deduct. knock off. take off. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of subtract in a Sentence.
Definition of Subtraction. The operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities is known as subtraction. To subtract a number from another number is also referred to as ‘taking away one number from another’.
In math, when you subtract, you take one number away from another. If you subtract four from ten, you're left with six. You can also use subtract to mean "take away" in a more general sense, as in "If you subtract some of the salt from the recipe, the pasta will be healthier."
Subtract means to take something away, usually as in taking a piece out of a whole. In math, subtract means to perform subtraction, the operation in which you find difference between two numbers or quantities. You can subtract one thing from another, as in We need to subtract the cost of labor from our total profits.
to take away something or a part, as from a whole. SYNONYMS 1, 3. subtract, deduct express diminution in sum or quantity. To subtract suggests taking a part from a whole or a smaller from a larger: to subtract the tax from one's salary.
to remove a number from another number: Four subtracted from ten equals six. Compare. add. divide verb (CALCULATE) multiply. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division. add (something) up. addition sign. additive. arithmetical. deduction. half. halve. highest common factor. long division. power.
the process of taking one number or amount away from another number or amount: [ U ] The test involves simple addition and subtraction. (Definition of subtraction from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of subtraction.
noun. the act or process of subtracting. a mathematical operation in which the difference between two numbers or quantities is calculated. Usually indicated by the symbol (–)
1. (Mathematics) to calculate the difference between (two numbers or quantities) by subtraction. 2. to remove (a part of a thing, quantity, etc) from the whole. [C16: from Latin subtractus withdrawn, from subtrahere to draw away from beneath, from sub- + trahere to draw] subˈtracter n.
