English > subtract: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | make a subtraction. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
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| Example | "subtract this amount from my paycheck" |
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| Synonyms | deduct, take off |
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| Category | arithmetic | The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations |
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| Narrower | carry back | Deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period |
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| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
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| Opposite | add, add together | make an addition by combining numbers |
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| Spanish | deducir, descontar, desgravar, extraer, quitar, restar, substraer, sustraer |
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| Catalan | desgravar, extraure, extreure, restar, sostraure, sostreure, treure |
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| Adjectives | subtractive | constituting / constituting or involving subtraction |
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| Nouns | subtraction | the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) |
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| subtraction | an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated |
