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subtracting

subtracting is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

subtracting (plural subtractings)

  1. An act of subtraction.
    • […] she is confronted with the menacing reality of her incompetence. Which is not to say she can't do the addings and subtractings.2013, Brent Davis, Teaching Mathematics: Toward a Sound Alternative, page 83

Forms of subtracting

pluralsubtractings

Questions about subtracting

What does subtracting mean?
Subtracting means an act of subtraction.
What is subtracting the present participle and gerund of?
Subtracting is the present participle and gerund of subtract.
What part of speech is subtracting?
Subtracting is a noun.
What is the plural of subtracting?
The plural of subtracting is subtractings.

Words near subtracting in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subtracting (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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