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English

Etymology
From Latin subtractus, past participle of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to draw

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-subtract.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
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en-verb

1. transitive To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number

#:If you subtract the $100 for gas and bridge toll, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.

Derived terms
subtraction

Translations
trans-top|to remove or reduce
Arabic: ARchar|خص� unicode|(�á�ama)
Chinese: �� (kòuchú)
Dutch: aftrekken
Finnish: t-|fi|vähentää
French: t+|fr|soustraire
German: t+|de|subtrahieren
Italian: t+|it|sottrarre
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Japanese: �� (hiku)
Korean: 빼� (ppaeda)
Norwegian: t+|no|subtrahere, t-|no|trekke fra
Portuguese: t+|pt|subtrair
Russian: в��и�а�� / в��е��� (vy�itát�, vý�est�)
Spanish: t-|es|substraer
Swedish: subtrahera, dra ifrån
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Category:Arithmetic

el:subtract
fa:subtract
fr:subtract
io:subtract
id:subtract
it:subtract
simple:subtract
sv:subtract
ta:subtract
te:subtract
vi:subtract
zh:subtract

• 2007-12-29 02:11 - Tbot - added t for fr, de, pt

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