- [countable] a thing that is added to something else
- All of these technologies are fairly recent additions.
- addition to something the latest addition to our range of cars
- This is a welcome addition to the literature of western art history.
Extra Examples- an addition to the family (= another child)
- last minute additions to the government’s package of proposals
- We have made several additions to the collection recently.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- useful
- valuable
- welcome
- …
- make
- in addition
- addition to
- [uncountable] the act of adding something to something else
- Add salt, tasting with every addition.
- addition of something Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- useful
- valuable
- welcome
- …
- make
- in addition
- addition to
- (North American English) (British English extension)[countable] addition (to something) a new part that is added to a building
- architects who specialize in home additions
- The addition should match the architecture of the house.
Extra Examples- a 22 000-square-foot addition designed by a Japanese architect
- a family-room addition to his home
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- building
- room
- two-story
- …
- build
- design
- addition to
- [uncountable] the process of adding two or more numbers together to find their total
- children learning addition and subtraction
Extra ExamplesTopics Maths and measurementb1- He worked it out through simple addition.
- She can do addition, but she hasn't learned subtraction yet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- simple
- do
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin additio(n-), from the verb addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put’.
Idioms
See addition in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee addition in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishin addition (to somebody/something)
- used when you want to mention another person or thing after something else
- In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight.
- There is, in addition, one further point to make.
Language Bank additionadditionAdding another item- Bilingual children do better in IQ tests than children who speak only one language. In addition/What is more, they seem to find it easier to learn a third or even fourth language.
- Learning another language not only improves children’s job prospects in later life, but also boosts their self-esteem.
- Teaching children a second language improves their job prospects in later life. Other benefits include increased self-esteem and greater tolerance of other cultures.
- Another/One further/One additional reason for encouraging bilingual education is that it boosts children’s self-esteem.
- Studies suggest that bilingual children find it easier to learn additional languages. There is, moreover, increasing evidence that bilingual children perform better across a range of school subjects, not just foreign languages.
- His claim that children find bilingual education confusing is based on very little evidence. Moreover, the evidence he does provide is seriously flawed.
- Research has shown that first-language development is not impeded by exposure to a second language. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support the claim that children find bilingual education confusing.
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