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Synonyms for subtract
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : suhb-trakt |
| Phonetic Transcription : səbˈtrækt |
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Définition of subtract
Origin :- 1540s, from Latin subtractus, past participle of subtrahere (see subtraction). Related: Subtracted; subtracting. Earlier verb form was subtraien (early 15c.).
- Here he teches þe Craft how þou schalt know, whan þou hast subtrayd, wheþer þou hast wel ydo or no. ["Craft of Numbering," c.1425]
- verb take away
- But if you asked her to subtract two from nine, she'd say "seven" all right!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Subtract from civilization all that has been produced by the poor, and what remains?
- Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
- Well, all about them—how to add and multiply, and subtract and divide, and fractions.
- Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
- I will teach you ten times further; and to add, and to subtract, if you will come with me.
- Extract from : « The Boarding School » by Unknown
- If the barometer reading is less than 30 inches, add; if greater than 30 inches, subtract.
- Extract from : « Seasoning of Wood » by Joseph B. Wagner
- Read the temperature of the dry bulb and the wet, and subtract.
- Extract from : « Seasoning of Wood » by Joseph B. Wagner
- I have seen no occasion since to add to them or subtract from them.
- Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Five » by Abraham Lincoln
- Just subtract seven hundred from twenty-four hundred and ninety-six, Le.
- Extract from : « The Coming Wave » by Oliver Optic
- If we subtract the number of years just mentioned, we have the date 1063.
- Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
- Have you never seen a horse that could add, subtract, multiply, and divide?
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish
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