Add and Subtract

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Add verb – To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.

Usage example: add another cup of flour to the mixture

Subtract is an antonym for add in topics: count up, accumulation, adjoin.

Nearby Words: added, adding

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Subtract verb – To take away (an amount or number) from a total.

Usage example: you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time

Add is an antonym for subtract in take away topic.

Nearby Words: subtraction, subtracting

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ability	add ability	subtract ability
point	add point	subtract point
amount	add amount	subtract amount
number	add number	subtract number
Other nouns: time, damage, numbers, points, seconds.

However, they are still garbed in the armor or clothes they wore in life, which can add or subtract from their horror.

Source: Dem Bones
Amazon.com offers free shipping on orders $35 or over (add or subtract ten dollars depending on the seller).

Source: And Ninety Nine Cents
Different traits either add or subtract years to your characters age, meaning that having only good traits will make the character too old to last long.

Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings

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Subtract and Add. (2016). Retrieved 2021, February 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/subtract

Add & Subtract. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Feb. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/subtract>.

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