Check Dictionary

Find out more about word, its definitions etc.

Valid in these dictionaries

TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of addition

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  addition
      n 1: a component that is added to something to improve it; "the
           addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the
           addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" [syn: {addition},
           {add-on}, {improver}]
      2: the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of
         flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap
         day every four years" [ant: {deduction}, {subtraction}]
      3: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property
         taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight
         over a period of weeks" [syn: {addition}, {increase}, {gain}]
      4: something added to what you already have; "the librarian
         shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the
         staff" [syn: {accession}, {addition}]
      5: a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future
         residential area
      6: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of
         two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives
         seven"; "four plus three equals seven" [syn: {summation},
         {addition}, {plus}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

Use this dictionary checker to learn more about a word - find out its meaning and also make sure whether that word is a valid word in any of these dictionaries (used by popular word games). Here is the list of dictionaries it checks for :

OCTWL / TWL : The official dictionary for scrabble game in United States, Canada and Thailand.
SOWPODS / CSW : UK and the rest of the world uses this dictionary for various word games including scrabble.
ENABLE - This is the default dictionary for Words with Friends.

The dictionary checker is also good at solving any issue with a disputed word when you're playing scramble games gainst your friends or family members. As a bonus, you also learn new words while having fun!

Back to Word Unscrambler