subtraction

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.
2. (countable) A calculation involving subtracting.
3. (countable, uncountable) The removal of something.

Synonyms

deduction

reduction

discount

abstraction

balance

removal

minus

consternation

cutback

dejection

deletion

demand

depreciation

detraction

diminution

dismay

downsizing

ebb and flow

elementary function

exhaustion

extraction

gloom

indolence

lifelessness

melancholia

melancholy

sadness

sale

sorrow

sub

subsidy

tapering

weakness

weariness

withdrawal

write off

rise and fall

SUB

apathy

depression

fatigue

grief

abatement

withdrawment

ablation

alarm

algebraic function

allowance

arithmetic operation

arithmetic operator

Translations

soustraction

Subtraktion

aftrekking

sottrazione

subtração

sustracción

αφαίρεση

Abzug

substracción

resta

subtracção

déduction

resta

subtracció

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səbˈtɹækʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin subtractio, subtractionis. Can be decomposed to subtract + -ion.