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Meanings of subtract in anglès

portuguès
deduzir
català
extraure
espanyol
substraer

Make a subtraction.

extraure

To find the difference between two quantities.

Usage of subtract in anglès
1
Add in the atmosphere and you subtract maybe another .3 percentage points.
Wired
2
She can already add, subtract, multiply, and divide-atleast with small numbers.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
3
The theologians did not now subtract a single iota from the legend.
Penguin Island
4
No specification is necessary-toadd or subtract or divide is in vain.
Poems by Walt Whitman
5
The powers of his resolution can either multiply or subtract at pleasure.
Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
6
Could he subtract more than her skin from off the singed cat?
Hard Cash
7
They are losers on net return when you subtract taxes and inflation.
Reuters
8
Paper losses on held-to-maturity securities, however, would not subtract from banks' capital levels.
Reuters
9
I believe it will distort events and subtract from public understanding.
Reuters
10
I just hope researchers don't test monkeys' abilities to subtract, divide and multiply.
Wired
11
EON-4: Ditto above, except add aliens and space travel, and subtract the company.
Wired
12
Then they would subtract this term from the function and repeat this process.
Pubmed
13
Providers will simply subtract the subsidy from their fee, thereby lowering childcare costs.
The Irish Times
14
Add or subtract sounds, slide some faders, then publish your work.
Wired
15
Apparently, Mikhail can already add and subtract four-digit numbers, and is learning multiplication.
The Irish Times
16
Harper kept trying to subtract letters, and he kept trying to add them.
The Fireman
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Translations for subtract
portuguès
deduzirsubtrair
Subtract through the time
Subtract across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common