adding
Britishnoun
adjective
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of, for, or relating to addition
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(in systemic grammar) denoting a bound clause that qualifies the meaning of an antecedent noun rather than of the sentence as a whole Compare contingency
Example Sentences
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Before their Championship debut, Wrexham added new TV gantries, moved the dugouts and spent £2m on adding under-soil heating to the pitch.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Retirees aged 75 and older, however, spend closer to 14% of their budget on healthcare—so the same 3.1% price increase hits them twice as hard, adding about 0.44 percentage points to their cost of living.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
“I consume some of it as well,” Sharapova said of the more bro-coded podcasts, adding that she listens to “All-In,” a tech-focused show hosted by four male tech investors, and the health podcast “Huberman Lab.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday reduced its global growth forecasts from 3.3% to 3.1% for 2026 while adding 0.6% to its global inflation expectations.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
He really wanted to ask her what had happened, but even with all the adding and subtracting he knew that they weren’t friends.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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