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- pronunciation:
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traekt
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
subtracts, subtracting, subtracted |
| definition: |
When you subtract something, you take it away from something else. When you subtract an amount, you take it away from another amount.
When you subtract six from fourteen, the answer is eight.Lauren subtracted her mom's age from her dad's age. She found out that her dad is two years older than her mom.
- antonyms:
- add
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| related words: |
calculate |
| derivation: |
subtracter (n.) |
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