subtract
/səbˈtɹækt/
subtract verb: to remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
Verb
subtract (third-person singular simple present subtracts, present participle subtracting, simple past and past participle subtracted)
- To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
- If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.
- I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations. […] The axioms of arithmetic imply that when you expand (a + b)², for example, you get a² + 2ab + b² in the following way: (a + b)² is equal to (a + b)(a + b). Each term in one parentheses...2022 August 7, Alec Wilkinson, “Could learning algebra in my 60s make me smarter?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023
subtract meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
subtract in Hindi
- to subtract
- घटाना ghaṭānā
subtract in Marathi
- वजा करण्यासाठी, वजा करायला
subtract in Urdu
- گھٹانا, نکالنا
More languagesFewer languages
- subtract in Bengali
- বিয়োগ করা, বাদ দেওয়া
- subtract in Malayalam
- കുറയ്ക്കുക kuṟaykkuka
- subtract in Kannada
- ಕಳೆ, ವ್ಯವಕಲನಮಾಡು, ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕು, ತಗ್ಗಿಸು
- subtract in Gujarati
- બાદબાકી, બાદબાકી કરવા
- subtract in Odia
- କାଟିବା kāṭibā
- subtract in Sanskrit
- पतति pátati
- subtract in Tagalog
- magbawas, bawasin
- subtract in Indonesian
- mengurangi
- subtract in Thai
- ลบ lóp
- subtract in Vietnamese
- trừ
Examples of subtract in a sentence
- The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations.
- It wasn't until they tried to subtract 3 from 1 that the elementary school students realized they needed signed numbers.
- A company’s score is calculated by subtracting negative feedback from positive feedback.
Synonyms of subtract
Antonyms
Forms of subtract
| third-person singular present | subtracts |
|---|---|
| present participle | subtracting |
| past participle | subtracted |
| past | subtracted |
| alternative form (obsolete) | substract |
Origin of subtract
Borrowed from Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“to draw from beneath; withdraw, remove”); from sub (“under”) + trahō (“to draw, pull, drag”).
Words formed from subtract
Words that rhyme with subtract
Questions about subtract
- What does subtract mean?
- Subtract means to remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
- What is subtract in Hindi?
- Subtract in Hindi is घटाना (ghaṭānā). See Subtract meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subtract?
- Subtract is a verb.
- How do you pronounce subtract?
- Subtract is pronounced /səbˈtɹækt/ (US).
- What is the past tense of subtract?
- The past tense of subtract is subtracted.
Words near subtract in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subtract (page history and authors); घटाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); subtract (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subtract (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subtract (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subtract (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കുറയ്ക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); subtract (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subtract (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କାଟିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); पतति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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