Associations to the word «Subtracted»

Wiktionary

SUBTRACT, verb. (transitive) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number

Dictionary definition

SUBTRACT, verb. Make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck".
SUBTRACT, verb. Take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats