Subtract
11subtract — v. (D; tr.) to subtract from (to subtract five from ten) * * * [səb trækt] (D; tr.) to subtract from (to subtract five from ten) …
12subtract — sub|tract [ səb trækt ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) to take a number or amount from another number or amount. The symbol for this is and is called a minus sign: How much will it be if we subtract the labor costs? subtract something from… …
13subtract — verb Etymology: Latin subtractus, past participle of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, from sub + trahere to draw Date: 1557 transitive verb to take away by or as if by deducting < subtract 5 from 9 > < subtract funds from the project >… …
14subtract — sub|tract [səbˈtrækt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of subtrahere to pull from beneath, remove , from trahere to pull ] to take a number or an amount from a larger number or amount →↑add, deduct ↑deduct, minus ↑minus… …
15subtract — [[t]səbtræ̱kt[/t]] subtracts, subtracting, subtracted VERB If you subtract one number from another, you do a calculation in which you take it away from the other number. For example, if you subtract 3 from 5, you get 2. [V n from n] Mandy… …
16subtract — verb (T) to take a number or an amount from something larger: subtract sth from sth: If you subtract from you get . compare add (2), deduct, minus 1 (1) …
17subtract — verb To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number If you subtract the $100 for gas and bridge toll, it was a fairly inexpensive trip …
18subtract — verb Subtract is used with these nouns as the object: ↑number …
19subtract — [16] To subtract something is etymologically to ‘pull it away’. The word comes from subtractus, the past participle of Latin subtrahere ‘pull away’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub , usually ‘under’ but here used in the sense… …
20subtract — verb take away (a number or amount) from another to calculate the difference. ↘remove (a part of something). Derivatives subtracter (also subtractor) noun subtraction noun subtractive adjective Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as subtraction): from L.… …
