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1. (v.t.) subtract
to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
2. subtract
to take (one number or quantity) from another; deduct.
3. (v.i.) subtract
to take away something or a part, as from a whole.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L subtractus, ptp. of subtrahere=sub-sub - +trahere to draw, drag)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) subtract, deduct, take off
make a subtraction
"subtract this amount from my paycheck"
2. (verb) subtract
take off or away
"this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
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1. (verb) subtract
≠ add
kids learning to subtract; Subtract 6 from 10.; addition and subtraction
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) subtract
to withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4
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Sense: to take one number or quantity from another
If you subtract 5 from 8, 3 is left; In their first year at school, most children learn to add and subtract.
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 Afrikaans: aftrek |
 Arabic: يَطْرَح |
 Bulgarian: изваждам |
 Brazilian: subtrair |
 Czech: odčítat |
 German: subtrahieren |
 Danish: trække fra; subtrahere |
 Greek: αφαιρώ |
 Spanish: sustraer, restar |
 Estonian: lahutama |
 Farsi: تفريق كردن |
 Finnish: vähentää |
 French: soustraire |
 Hebrew: לְחַסֵר |
 Hindi: घटाना |
 Croatian: oduzimati, odbijati |
 Hungarian: kivon |
 Indonesian: mengurangi |
 Icelandic: draga frá |
 Italian: sottrarre |
 Japanese: 減じる |
 Korean: 빼다 |
 Lithuanian: atimti |
 Latvian: atņemt (matemātikā) |
 Malay: tolak |
 Dutch: aftrekken |
 Norwegian: trekke fra, subtrahere |
 Polish: odejmować |
 Persian: تفريق كردن |
 Pashto: تفریق کول |
 Portuguese: subtrair |
 Romanian: a scădea |
 Russian: вычитать |
 Slovak: odpočítať |
 Slovenian: odšteti |
 Serbian: oduzeti |
 Swedish: subtrahera |
 Thai: คำนวณด้วยการลบ |
 Turkish: çıkarmak |
 Taiwanese: 去掉，減去 |
 Ukrainian: віднімати |
 Urdu: نکالنا، گھٹانا |
 Vietnamese: trừ |
 Chinese: 去掉，减去 |
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