subtraction
/səbˈtɹækʃən/
subtraction noun: the process of subtracting a number from another.
Noun
subtraction (countable and uncountable, plural subtractions)
- The process of subtracting a number from another.
- A calculation involving subtracting.
- The teacher has set us ten subtractions to do by tomorrow.
- The removal of something.
- The subtraction of the wealth from the economy will result in recession.
subtraction meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
subtraction in Hindi
- process
- घटाना ghaṭānā
subtraction in Tamil
- process
- கழித்தல் kaḻittal
subtraction in Marathi
- process
- वजाबाकी vajābākī
subtraction in Urdu
- process
- تفریق tafrīq
More languagesFewer languages
- subtraction in Bengali
- বিয়োগ biẏōg
- subtraction in Telugu
- తీసివేత tīsivēta
- subtraction in Malayalam
- വ്യവകലനം vyavakalanaṁ
- subtraction in Kannada
- ವ್ಯವಕಲನ vyavakalana
- subtraction in Gujarati
- બાદબાકી bādbākī
- subtraction in Tagalog
- palabawasan
- subtraction in Arabic
- طَرْح ṭarḥ
- subtraction in Malay
- penolakan
- subtraction in Indonesian
- pengurangan
- subtraction in Persian
- تفریق tafriq
- subtraction in Vietnamese
- phép trừ
Examples of subtraction in a sentence
- The "four rules" of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are examples of binary operations.
- Addition and multiplication are commutative operations but subtraction and division are not.
- In the subtraction 10 − 4, 10 is the minuend and 4 is the subtrahend.
Forms of subtraction
| plural | subtractions |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | substraction |
Origin of subtraction
Borrowed from Late Latin subtractio, subtractionis. Can be decomposed to subtract + -ion.
Words formed from subtraction
Words that rhyme with subtraction
Questions about subtraction
- What does subtraction mean?
- Subtraction means the process of subtracting a number from another.
- What is subtraction in Hindi?
- Subtraction in Hindi is घटाना (ghaṭānā). See Subtraction meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subtraction?
- Subtraction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce subtraction?
- Subtraction is pronounced /səbˈtɹækʃən/.
- What is the plural of subtraction?
- The plural of subtraction is subtractions.
Words near subtraction in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subtraction (page history and authors); വ്യവകലനം (Malayalam) (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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