Addition Children Bilingual Find əˈdɪʃn Learning Subtraction Latest

• children learning addition and subtraction
• the latest addition to our range of cars
• an addition to the family (= another child)
• last minute additions to the government’s package of proposals

addition

1. the process of adding two or more numbers together to find their total
• opposite subtraction
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• children learning addition and subtraction
2. a thing that is added to something else
• the latest addition to our range of cars
• an addition to the family (= another child)
• last minute additions to the government’s package of proposals
3. the act of adding something to something else
• Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil.
4. a new part that is added to a building
• architects who specialize in home additions
• The addition should match the architecture of the house.
5. used when you want to mention another person or thing after something else
• In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight.
• There is, in addition, one further point to make.
• Bilingual children do better in IQ tests than children who speak only one language. In addition/What is more, they seem to find it easier to learn third or even fourth languages.
• Learning another language not only improves children’s job prospects in later life, but also boosts their self-esteem.
• Teaching children a second language improves their job prospects in later life. Other benefits include increased self-esteem and greater tolerance of other cultures.
• Another/One further/One additional reason for encouraging bilingual education is that it boosts children’s self-esteem.
• Studies suggest that bilingual children find it easier to learn additional languages. There is, moreover, increasing evidence that bilingual children perform better across a range of school subjects, not just foreign languages.
• His claim that children find bilingual education confusing is based on very little evidence. Moreover, the evidence he does provide is seriously flawed.
• Research has shown that first-language development is not impeded by exposure to a second language. Furthermore, there is no evidence to support the claim that children find bilingual education confusing.

Extra Examples

• He worked it out through simple addition.
• She can do addition, but she hasn’t learned subtraction yet.
• We have made several additions to the collection recently.
• a 22 000-square-foot addition designed by a Japanese architect
• a family-room addition to his home
• the latest addition to the family

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin additio(n-), from the verb addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put’.