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Addition

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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Accretion 76% connected

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

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Additive 76% connected

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

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Afterthought 76% connected

Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

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Annex 76% connected

To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

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Attachment 76% connected

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an a…

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Elongation 76% connected

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

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Extension 76% connected

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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Wing 76% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Element 76% connected

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Suburb 76% connected

An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or…

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Add 74% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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Add 74% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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Sum 74% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Sum 74% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Synonym 5

Accession 92% connected

A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

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Gain 92% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Improver 92% connected

One who, or that which, improves.

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Increase 92% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Summation 92% connected

The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.

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Deduction 94% connected

Act or process of deducing or inferring.

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Deduction 94% connected

Act or process of deducing or inferring.

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