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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1388|origins=la addere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈdɪʃ.ən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|addicioun]],^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|adition|t=increase, augmentation]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000) from [[la|additiō|t=an adding to]] (accusative additiōnem),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from additus, the past participle of [[m|la|addere|t=to add to, join, attach]],^(AHD 2000)^(Etymonline) the source of [[add]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD 2000)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Before 1388;^(Barnhart 1988) Etymonline dates the sense “the adding of numbers” to the late 14th century,^(Etymonline) and the OED's earliest quotation, for “that which is added”, is from 1366.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “That which is added” is from about 1400 according to Etymonline,^(Etymonline) and the action of adding or joining in general from about 1440.^(OED 1989) The rule of arithmetic is recorded from 1542.^(OED 1989) A title or description added to a person's name, to show rank or occupation, is from 1494,^(OED 1989) and in heraldry a mark of honour added to a coat of arms from 1606.^(OED 1989) ''In addition to'', “as well as”, is from the 1680s.^(Etymonline) In the United States an ''addition'' was a piece of land added to a holding, from 1636.^(OED 1989) ''Additive'' is from 1699, and the noun, a substance added, from 1945.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1366 – that which is added.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1388 – first record in Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * late 14th century – the adding of numbers.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1494 – a title added to a name.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1542 – addition as a rule of arithmetic.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1680s – ''in addition to''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1945 – ''additive'', noun.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act or process of adding.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The process of combining numbers to find their [[sum]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # Something added, such as a room or wing added to a building.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(in addition)'' As well; besides.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[additional]]

+ * [[additionally]]

+ * [[cycloaddition]]

+ * [[readdition]]

+ * [[addition polymerization]]

+ * [[addition reaction]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[add]]

+ * [[adder]]

+ * [[additive]]

+ * [[addendum]]

+ * [[edition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}