Meaning

3 senses
  1. Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

    An addendum was added to the contract to clarify payment terms.

    The author included an addendum at the end of the book.

    Anhang, Nachtrag

    дополне́ниеdopolnénije, приба́вкаpribávka

  2. A postscript.

  3. The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.

More definitions
  • textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

Examples

5 sentences
  1. An addendum to the contract was signed yesterday.

  2. Notice the addendum to the last item on the first page.

  3. There was an addendum to the contract that they had never thought to read.

  4. Mervis says his music club wasn’t designed as such but was conceived as an “addendum” to an adjoining grill house.

  5. These observations are collected together in Addendum C.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
something to be added:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something to be added:

Origin

From the gerundive of Latin addere (“to add”).

From the gerundive of Latin addere (“to add”).

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Forms

plural: addenda / addendums
Singularaddendum
Pluraladdenda / addendums

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relateddelenda

See also

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