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subtractest

subtractest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of subtract.

Meaning of subtract

Verb

subtract (third-person singular simple present subtracts, present participle subtracting, simple past and past participle subtracted)

  1. (transitive) 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.
    Synonyms:
    take, unadd, take away

Origin of subtractest

subtract + -est

Questions about subtractest

What is subtractest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Subtractest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of subtract.

Words near subtractest in the dictionary

  1. subtractability
  2. subtractable
  3. subtracted
  4. subtracter
  5. subtracters
  6. subtractest
  7. subtracteth
  8. subtracting
  9. subtractings
  10. subtraction
  11. subtractions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subtractest (page history and authors); subtract (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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