addition

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of adding one thing to another

   the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect

2. 2
   noun

   a component that is added to something to improve it

   the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement

3. 3
   noun

   a quantity that is added

   there was an addition to property taxes this year

4. 4
   noun

   The act of adding anything.

   The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.

5. 5
   noun

   A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely.

   […]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]

6. 6
   noun

   the arithmetic operation of summing

7. 7
   noun

   a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area

8. 8
   noun

   something added to what you already have

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin addō Latin additiōder. Old French aditionder. Middle English addicioun English addition Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Middle English addicioun, addition, from Old French adition, from Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additiō, from addō (“add, put”).