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subtract Verb

— If something is subtracted, then it is taken away from something else. You must subtract your expenses from your income. — One of the basic operations in mathematics.

subtract

— verb make a subtraction subtract this amount from my paycheck — verb take off or away this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French

Synonyms subtract synonyms

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subtract English » English

deduct take away remove take off decrease diminish take reduce detract abate minus delete count down abstract write off truncate slash seize omit deduce cut off cut curtail bate write-off weaken trim back trim throttle taper tally down subduct strip strike out retrench reject reduce by rationalize rationalise missing limit lessen knock off hold down give a demerit factor out expense exclude eliminate downsize

Topics subtract topics

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States Quantity Count

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Conjugation subtract conjugation

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subtract · verb

Examples subtract examples

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Simple sentences

Can you subtract six from ten?
Subtract three from eight and you get five.
Subtract two from ten and you have eight.
The children are learning to add and subtract.
Subtract three from that number.

Movie subtitles

And you subtract? He said Joss.
To have so much, I had to learn not to add but to subtract.
I can subtract two men from two horses and have two horses left for myself, if you like it better that way.
SO WHAT ARE A FEW THOUSAND YEARS MORE OR LESS, GIVE OR TAKE, ADD OR SUBTRACT?
You were with Beardmore. and for that I will subtract one hour from your weekly salary.
You add and subtract on it.
Subtract the length of your fish from 22.
I know also add, subtract and divide.
I'm in charge of the drugs department, I add a figure here, subtract one there.
Well, I can add and subtract.
He didn't even know he'd have to subtract.
But I just want him to learn how to subtract.
Well, now we know he can add and he can subtract.
Just subtract.
Talbot's body is the perfect home for the monster's brain, which I will add to and subtract from in my experiments.
Bring it up to date, add or subtract the slightest change, even something as small as the placing of a hot-dog stand.
It's an abacus. You add and subtract on it.
So, to make the election honest, tomorrow you'll have to subtract 2,000 votes from the Nationalists and add them to the Libertadists.
Yes. I know also add, subtract and divide.
Let's see. Thirty nine pieces. divided equally among the Chans and Lees. means. thirty-nine subtract seven minus another five.
We divide it by 365, subtract Saturdays and Sundays, and we get 6.
Sorry, chief, but ever since yesterday, all I wanna do is subtract.
Subtract 15 hours from Tokyo and add a day.
Every time we add or subtract one proton and enough neutrons to keep the nucleus together we make a new chemical element.
Because everyone must surely agree that decent, civilised behaviour is every bit as important as being able to subtract or take away.
I mean, you subtract showers and meals, it's like 20 minutes.
Subtract twenty-three wons, add ninety-four wons..
We talked about magnetic declination and the left-add, right-subtract rule.
Mom, Seb is to subtract.
I can add, subtract.
Which means I subtract 2 or 3 points.

News and current affairs

The former approach tries to add up the number of positive moments that people have, and then to subtract the negative ones.
Economists like to subtract the nominal government bond yield from the inflation-indexed bond yield of the same maturity to get a market estimate of the inflation rate from now to that maturity date.
When you add together government transfers and public consumption and subtract taxes paid, you get a figure for net government expenditures.
Foreign oil assets are a bad hedge in such cases, for they subtract from citizens' income when it is already low and add to it when it is high.

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