adding
/ (ˈædɪŋ) /
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noun
an act or instance of addition
adjective
of, for, or relating to addition
(in systemic grammar) denoting a bound clause that qualifies the meaning of an antecedent noun rather than of the sentence as a wholeCompare contingency (def. 4)
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