Definitions for subtract
səbˈtræktsub·tract

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. subtract, deduct, take offverb

   make a subtraction

   "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

2. subtractverb

   take off or away

   "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Subtractverb

   To withdraw part from the rest.

   Etymology: subtractio, Latin.

   Reducing many things unto charge, which, by confusion, became concealed and subtracted from the crown. Davies.

   What is subtracted or subducted out of the extent of the divine perfection, leaves still a quotient infinite. Matthew Hale.

   The same swallow, by the subtracting daily of her eggs, lay nineteen successively, and then gave over. John Ray.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. subtract

   Subtraction (which is signified by the minus sign −) is one of the four arithmetic operation along with addition, multiplication and division. Subtraction is an operation that represents removal of objects from a collection. For example, in the adjacent picture, there are 5 − 2 peaches—meaning 5 peaches with 2 taken away, resulting in a total of 3 peaches. Therefore, the difference of 5 and 2 is 3; that is, 5 − 2 = 3. While primarily associated with natural numbers in arithmetic, subtraction can also represent removing or decreasing physical and abstract quantities using different kinds of objects including negative numbers, fractions, irrational numbers, vectors, decimals, functions, and matrices.In a sense, subtraction is the inverse of addition. That is, c = a − b if and only if c + b = a. In words: the difference of two numbers is the number that gives the first one when added to the second one. Subtraction follows several important patterns. It is anticommutative, meaning that changing the order changes the sign of the answer. It is also not associative, meaning that when one subtracts more than two numbers, the order in which subtraction is performed matters. Because 0 is the additive identity, subtraction of it does not change a number. Subtraction also obeys predictable rules concerning related operations, such as addition and multiplication. All of these rules can be proven, starting with the subtraction of integers and generalizing up through the real numbers and beyond. General binary operations that follow these patterns are studied in abstract algebra.

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1. subtract

   Subtraction is a mathematical operation that represents the operation of removing objects from a collection or group. It is denoted by the symbol "-" and the result obtained after performing this operation is called the difference. It is the inverse operation of addition or the process of determining how much remains when a quantity is taken away from another.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subtractverb

   to withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4

2. Etymology: [L. subtractus, p. p. of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Substract.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Subtract

   sub-trakt′, v.t. to take away a part from the rest: to take one number or quantity from another to find their difference.—ns. Subtrac′ter; Subtrac′tion, the act or operation of subtracting: the taking a less number or quantity from a greater.—adj. Subtract′ive, subtracting: tending to subtract or lessen.—n. Sub′trahend, the sum or number to be subtracted from another. [L. sub, under, trahĕre, tractum, to draw away.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of subtract in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of subtract in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of subtract in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush:

   You got to get to 50 - or pretty close to it - to win. And to get to 50 you have to add, not subtract, and so you can't start subtracting in a primary, and then you always have to keep your eye on the fact that while you're doing that you can't be subtracting for the general.

2. Children's Defense Fund:

   Will your child learn to multiply before she learns to subtract

3. Fran Lebowitz:

   If you are truly serious about preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract -- teach him to deduct.

4. John Gibbs:

   Businesses must make a concerted effort to hire and promote women who may or may not be up to par with their male counterparts, in addition, the chemistry of having women in a masculine environment may reduce business cohesiveness and productivity from what it might have been otherwise( this is especially true of the military, although by no means limited to it). Needless to say all these things subtract from a team's effort to produce efficiently.

5. Mother Teresa:

   I never add up. I only subtract from the total dying... . . . It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=subtract
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=subtract
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtract
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subtract
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=subtract