Subtraction — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sʌbtɹˈækʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/sʌbtɹˈakʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sʌbtɹˈakʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /sʌbtɹˈækʃən/.

Examples

the subtraction of three from four leaves one
four minus three equals one
he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

minus deduction

Antonyms

addition

Parts of Speech

noun	an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated “the subtraction of three from four leaves one”
noun	the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) “he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks”

Word Forms

subtract	verb	make a subtraction
deduct	verb	make a subtraction

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Subtraktion

eine arithmetische Operation, bei der die Differenz zwischen zwei Zahlen berechnet wird

🇫🇷French

soustraction

une opération arithmétique dans laquelle la différence entre deux nombres est calculée

🇪🇸Spanish

sustracción

una operación aritmética en la que se calcula la diferencia entre dos números

🇮🇹Italian

sottrazione

un'operazione aritmetica in cui viene calcolata la differenza tra due numeri

🇳🇱Dutch

aftrekken

een rekenkundige bewerking waarbij het verschil tussen twee getallen wordt berekend

🇵🇹Portuguese

subtração

uma operação aritmética em que a diferença entre dois números é calculada

🇷🇺Russian

вычитание

арифметическая операция, при которой вычисляется разница между двумя числами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घटाव

एक अंकगणितीय ऑपरेशन जिसमें दो संख्याओं के बीच अंतर की गणना की जाती है

🇧🇩Bengali

বিয়োগ

একটি পাটিগণিত অপারেশন যেখানে দুটি সংখ্যার মধ্যে পার্থক্য গণনা করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

கழித்தல்

இரண்டு எண்களுக்கு இடையே உள்ள வித்தியாசம் கணக்கிடப்படும் ஒரு எண்கணித செயல்பாடு

🇮🇳Telugu

తీసివేత

రెండు సంఖ్యల మధ్య వ్యత్యాసాన్ని లెక్కించే అంకగణిత చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

वजाबाकी

एक अंकगणित ऑपरेशन ज्यामध्ये दोन संख्यांमधील फरक मोजला जातो

🇮🇳Gujarati

બાદબાકી

એક અંકગણિત કામગીરી જેમાં બે સંખ્યાઓ વચ્ચેના તફાવતની ગણતરી કરવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವ್ಯವಕಲನ

ಎರಡು ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸವನ್ನು ಲೆಕ್ಕಹಾಕುವ ಅಂಕಗಣಿತದ ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുറയ്ക്കൽ

രണ്ട് സംഖ്യകൾ തമ്മിലുള്ള വ്യത്യാസം കണക്കാക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഗണിത പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘਟਾਓ

ਇੱਕ ਗਣਿਤ ਦੀ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਸੰਖਿਆਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੰਤਰ ਦੀ ਗਣਨਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

گھٹاؤ

ایک ریاضی کا عمل جس میں دو نمبروں کے درمیان فرق کا حساب لگایا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

减法

计算两个数字之间的差的算术运算

🇯🇵Japanese

引き算

2 つの数値の差を計算する算術演算

🇰🇷Korean

빼기

두 숫자의 차이를 계산하는 산술 연산

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phép trừ

một phép toán số học trong đó tính hiệu giữa hai số

🇹🇭Thai

การลบ

การดำเนินการทางคณิตศาสตร์ที่มีการคำนวณความแตกต่างระหว่างตัวเลขสองตัว

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengurangan

operasi aritmatika yang menghitung selisih antara dua bilangan

🇵🇭Filipino

pagbabawas

isang arithmetic operation kung saan kinakalkula ang pagkakaiba sa pagitan ng dalawang numero

🇲🇾Malay

penolakan

operasi aritmetik di mana perbezaan antara dua nombor dikira

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الطرح

عملية حسابية يتم فيها حساب الفرق بين رقمين

🇮🇷Persian

تفریق

یک عملیات حسابی که در آن اختلاف بین دو عدد محاسبه می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

çıkarma

iki sayı arasındaki farkın hesaplandığı bir aritmetik işlem

🇮🇱Hebrew

חִסוּר

פעולה אריתמטית שבה מחושב ההפרש בין שני מספרים

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