subtract
Remove from total
To subtract is to take one quantity away from another: Subtract three from ten and you get seven.
The word extends beyond arithmetic to any removal or reduction: If you subtract the cost of materials, there's not much profit left.
The opposite of add.
Subtraction symbol
- differenceWay things contrast
- additionJoining quantities mathematically
- addCombine into total
- divideSeparate into parts
multiply · sum · equation · calculate · minuend · remainder · negative · positive
Make smaller in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- lessenReduce in degree
- diminishTo make smaller
- lowerReduce or move downward
shrink · deplete · detract · take away · cut · pare · trim · shave
minus
Subtraction symbol
- differenceWay things contrast
- additionJoining quantities mathematically
- addCombine into total
divide · multiply · sum · equation · calculate · minuend · remainder · negative · positive · integer
reduce
Make smaller in degree
lower · shrink · deplete · detract · take away · cut · pare · trim · shave · knock off
deduct
Subtract from a total
withhold · adjustment · reconcile · tally · bookkeeping · itemize · expense · write-off · credit · debit
eliminate
Remove completely
omit · withdraw · take out · strip · excise · expunge · purge · factor out · separate · isolate
- math operationsaddition, adding, multiplication, division, dividing
- "Sub-" wordssubway, submarine, subject, suburb, submit
- math verbsadd, adds, multiply, multiplies, divide
- math functionssine, abs, cosine, add, tangent
- Reduceshrink, diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce
- code commandscall, return, if, else, for
- subtraction errorMistake when taking away
subtraction, subtracting, subtracted, subtracts, subtractive, subtracter