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Princeton's WordNet

  1. extra, additionaladjective

    further or added

    "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"

Wiktionary

  1. additionaladjective

    Supplemental or added to something.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Additionaladjective

    That which is added.

    Etymology: from addition.

    Our kalendar being once reformed and set right, it may be kept so, without any considerable variation, for many ages, by omitting one leap-year; i.e. the additional day, at the end of every 134 years. William Holder, on Time.

    The greatest wits, that ever were produced in one age, lived together in so good an understanding, and celebrated one another with so much generosity, that each of them receives an additional lustre from his cotemporaries. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    They include in them that very kind of evidence, which is supposed to be so powerful; and do, withal, afford us several other additional proofs, of great force and clearness. Francis Atterbury, Serm.

ChatGPT

  1. additional

    Additional means something extra or supplementary to what is already present, involved, or exists. It often refers to extending or further contributing to something in quantity, quality, or degree.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Additionaladjective

    added; supplemental; in the way of an addition

  2. Additionalnoun

    something added

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'additional' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1419

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'additional' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1626

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'additional' in Adjectives Frequency: #166

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of additional in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of additional in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of additional in a Sentence

  1. Folco Galli:

    An order always affects a single holder of one or multiple accounts at a single bank, as a result, the Office of Justice still has to issue numerous additional orders.

  2. Edo Banach:

    It is difficult to hear that someone is discontinuing treatment and a wave of sadness is going over Facebook, but hospice is not giving up, the reality is, people who chose hospice often live longer, and it's more of a holistic kind of care that provides social work and chaplaincy and support for the family and all those additional things that the hospital system doesn't really provide.

  3. Mark Parkinson:

    HHS has announced distribution plans for 80 percent of the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund created by the CARES Act. Health care providers, including nursing homes, will need additional resources to continue its response to the COVID pandemic heading into the cold and flu season, which provides new challenges, cOVID-19 disproportionately impacts the elderly many of whom already have preexisting health conditions and chronic diseases and the dedicated staff who care for them.

  4. Richard Burr:

    The committee has spent the last 16 months reviewing the sources, tradecraft and analytic work underpinning the intelligence community assessment and sees no reason to dispute the conclusions, the committee continues its investigation, and I am hopeful that this installment of the committee’s work will soon be followed by additional summaries providing the American people with clarity around Russia’s activities regarding U.S. elections. Whether Russian authorities sought to meddle in the 2016 election to help Trump prevail has been a key point of contention between House and Senate intelligence committees. SEVEN KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM BOMBSHELL WATCHDOG REPORT INTO DOJ, FBI BIAS In May,Senate Intelligence Committee leaders backed the 2017 intel community report that formally accused Russia of trying to interfere in the election to the Trump campaign's benefit. The Russian effort was extensive, sophisticated and ordered by President Putin himself for the purpose of helping Donald Trump and hurting Hillary Clinton, top Senate committee Democrat Mark Warner said in a joint statement at the time. On Tuesday, Warner said the committee's review had confirmed those findings.

  5. Nicolas Wentzensen:

    Scientific consensus emerges over time, especially in cases like this, where the results have been somewhat inconsistent, while this recent analysis provides additional evidence supporting an association of talc and ovarian cancer, it will be important to test the methods used in this analysis in other data to see if the findings are confirmed.

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