"subtract" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /səbˈtɹækt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-subtract.ogg Forms: subtracts [present, singular, third-person], subtracting [participle, present], subtracted [participle, past], subtracted [past]
Rhymes: -ækt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“I draw from beneath; withdraw, remove”); from sub (“under”) + trahō (“I draw, pull, drag”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|subtractus}} Latin subtractus Head templates: {{en-verb}} subtract (third-person singular simple present subtracts, present participle subtracting, simple past and past participle subtracted)
  1. (transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number Wikipedia link: subtract Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Arithmetic Synonyms: unadd, substract [obsolete], subtract, take, take away Hypernyms: calculate Holonyms: arithmetic Related terms: subtraction, subtractor Translations (to remove or reduce): ἀφαιρέω (aphairéō) (Ancient Greek), հանել (hanel) (Armenian), scad (Aromanian), адыма́ць (adymácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адня́ць (adnjácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), ina (Bikol Central), sostreure (Catalan), restar (Catalan), 減 /减 (gaam²) (Chinese Cantonese), 減 /减 (jiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 減去 /减去 (jiǎnqù) (Chinese Mandarin), 扣除 (kòuchú) (Chinese Mandarin), odečíst (Czech), aftrekken (Dutch), in mindering brengen (Dutch), depreni (Esperanto), vähentää (Finnish), soustraire (French), subtrahieren (German), abziehen (German), αφαιρώ (afairó) (Greek), kivon (Hungarian), levon (Hungarian), vähentää (Ingrian), sottrarre (Italian), 引く (hiku) (alt: ひく) (Japanese), 減らす (herasu) (alt: へらす) (Japanese), លស់ (lŭəh) (Khmer), សង (sɑɑng) (Khmer), 빼다 (ppaeda) (Korean), dēdūcō (Latin), subtrahō (Latin), tango (Maori), хасах (xasax) (Mongolian), subtrahere (Norwegian), trekke fra (Norwegian), odejmować [imperfective] (Polish), odjąć [perfective] (Polish), subtrair (Portuguese), qichuy (Quechua), scădea (Romanian), sustrage (Romanian), вычита́ть (vyčitátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́честь (výčestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отнима́ть (otnimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отня́ть (otnjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), oduzeti (Serbo-Croatian), одузети (Serbo-Croatian), substraer (Spanish), restar (Spanish), subtrahera (Swedish), dra ifrån (Swedish), magbawas (Tagalog), bawasin (Tagalog), ลบ (lóp) (Thai), відніма́ти (vidnimáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відня́ти (vidnjáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), trừ (Vietnamese)
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Inflected forms

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        "To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number"
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        "(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number"
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          "word": "subtraction"
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "հանել"
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "code": "yue",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "jiǎn",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "jiǎnqù",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "kòuchú",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "abziehen"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afairó",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "roman": "aphairéō",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "code": "izh",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "alt": "ひく",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "word": "odjąć"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "roman": "vyčitátʹ",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "roman": "výčestʹ",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "oduzeti"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "одузети"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "restar"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "subtrahera"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "dra ifrån"
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "lóp",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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          "roman": "vidnimáty",
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          "code": "uk",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to remove or reduce",
          "word": "trừ"
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
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        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Quechua translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
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      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "հանել"
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      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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      "word": "адыма́ць"
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      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "ina"
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      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "sostreure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "restar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gaam²",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "減 /减"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎn",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "減 /减"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnqù",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "減去 /减去"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kòuchú",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "扣除"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "odečíst"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "aftrekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "in mindering brengen"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "depreni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "vähentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "soustraire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "subtrahieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "abziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afairó",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "αφαιρώ"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aphairéō",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "ἀφαιρέω"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "kivon"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "levon"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "vähentää"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "sottrarre"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hiku",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "引く"
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      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
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      "roman": "lŭəh",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "លស់"
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      "roman": "sɑɑng",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "សង"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ppaeda",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "빼다"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "dēdūcō"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "subtrahō"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "tango"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xasax",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "хасах"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "subtrahere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "trekke fra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "odejmować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "odjąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "subtrair"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "qichuy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "scădea"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "sustrage"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyčitátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вычита́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výčestʹ",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́честь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnimátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отнима́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "oduzeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "одузети"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "substraer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "restar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "subtrahera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "dra ifrån"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "magbawas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "bawasin"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lóp",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "ลบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidnimáty",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відніма́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidnjáty",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to remove or reduce",
      "word": "trừ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subtract"
}

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