verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
subtract one number from another
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Subtract this number from the total.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
then
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Then subtract the cost of the loan.
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Then subtract the former costs from the latter costs to obtain the reimbursable overheads cost.
■ VERB
add
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The sums are open to anyone who can add or subtract .
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This extrapolation could be customized features could be changed and added or subtracted hence the term.
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It adjusts the heat needed to incubate the egg by adding to or subtracting from the amount of compost piled above it.
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Those parts, in turn, were subjected to multiple amendments that added and subtracted large pieces of would-be law.
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Today it is counting, adding and subtracting in base seven ... until I hear the scraping sound ... that stops me.
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Do not add unless you subtract .
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Of course it would be meaningless to add and subtract different units of measurement like pounds and dollars.
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Your child needs to agree that you may add or subtract to the list.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Subtract 12 from 32.
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To convert the temperature into Celsius, subtract 32, then multiply by 5 and divide by 9.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do not add unless you subtract .
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It adjusts the heat needed to incubate the egg by adding to or subtracting from the amount of compost piled above it.
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Specific lysis was calculated by the standard formula and values in the absence of peptide subtracted to yield the values shown.
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The sums are open to anyone who can add or subtract .
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Then the first image is subtracted from the second to show the regions of additional activity during reading.
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This extrapolation could be customized features could be changed and added or subtracted hence the term.
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To get the clean price we subtract the interest that has been accruing at the rate of d percent up to that day.
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Your child needs to agree that you may add or subtract to the list.