addition
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a component that is added to something to improve it
the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement
Types & categories
- constituent hypernym
- additive hyponym
- afterthought hyponym
- annex hyponym
- attachment hyponym
- elongation hyponym
Related & opposite
- add on derivation
- improve derivation
- contribute derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of adding one thing to another
the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect
Types & categories
- step-up hypernym
- retrofit hyponym
- fluoridation hyponym
Related & opposite
- subtraction antonym
- add derivation
Sense 3 noun
a quantity that is added
there was an addition to property taxes this year
Types & categories
- indefinite quantity hypernym
- accretion hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
something added to what you already have
the librarian shelved the new accessions
Types & categories
- acquisition hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
Types & categories
- suburbia hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
the summation of four and three gives seven
Types & categories
- arithmetic operation hypernym
Related & opposite
- add together derivation
- tot derivation
- summational derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | add on |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | improve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contribute |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | constituent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | additive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | afterthought |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | annex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | attachment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elongation |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | subtraction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | add |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | step-up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrofit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluoridation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | increase |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | increase |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | indefinite quantity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accretion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquisition |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | suburbia |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | add together |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | tot |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | summational |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | arithmetic operation |