B2verb · transitive · rare

subtract

subtract · subtracts · subtracted · subtracting

відняти, віднімати

отнять, отнимать, вычесть, вычитать

abziehen, subtrahieren

To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or numberTo remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

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US/səbˈtɹækt/

» Two subtracted from seven is five.

Zwei von sieben subtrahiert, sind fünf.

Сім мінус два дорівнює п'ять.

Якщо відняти два від семи, буде п'ять.

Meaning

1 senses

To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.
If you subtract the $100 for gas from the total cost, it was a fairly inexpensive trip.
subtrahieren, abziehen
вычита́тьvyčitátʹ, вы́честьvýčestʹ, отнима́тьotnimátʹ
відніма́тиvidnimáty, відня́тиvidnjáty

More definitions

take off or away
make a subtraction

Examples

16 sentences

Two subtracted from seven is five.
Сім мінус два дорівнює п'ять.
deZwei von sieben subtrahiert, sind fünf.
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Subtract three from that number.
Відніми три від цього числа.
ruВычти три из этого числа.
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The children are learning to add and subtract.
ruДети учатся складывать и вычитать.
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Subtract three from eight and you get five.
ruОтнимите три от восьми и вы получите пять.
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What is 6 subtracted from 10?
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to remove or reduce:

Русский

By meaning 1

to remove or reduce:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to remove or reduce:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“to draw from bene

Borrowed from Latin subtractus, perfect passive participle of subtrahō (“to draw from beneath; withdraw, remove”); from sub (“under”) + trahō (“to draw, pull, drag”).

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