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countable and uncountable, plural additions
(uncountable) The act of adding anything. examples
Anything that is added. examples
(uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding. examples
(music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half. examples
(chiefly law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely. quotations examples
[…] They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute […]
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, [Act I, scene iv]
(heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour. examples
(organic chemistry) an organic reaction where two or more molecules combine to form a larger one (the adduct). examples