(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use in ~ when you want to mention another item connected with the subject you are discussing.
Part-time English classes are offered. In ~, students can take classes in word-processing and computing...
There’s a postage and packing fee in ~ to the repair charge.
PHRASE: PHR with cl, oft PHR to n
2.
An ~ to something is a thing which is added to it.
This is a fine book; a worthy ~ to the Cambridge Encyclopedia series...
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N to n
3.
The ~ of something is the fact that it is added to something else.
It was completely refurbished in 1987, with the ~ of a picnic site.
? removal
N-UNCOUNT: the N of n
4.
Addition is the process of calculating the total of two or more numbers.
...simple ~ and subtraction problems.
N-UNCOUNT