subtract
verb (used with object)
to withdraw or take away, as a part from a whole.
have subtracted
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present perfectof subtract.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Assigning DeAngelo to the Hartford Wolf Pack would have subtracted $1.075 million from his $4.8 million salary-cap hit.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2021
If the triangle had been in a different position, we may have subtracted x1 − x2 or y1 − y2.
From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020
Thus, in northern India, the northern China plain, the Caspian and Aral Seas, among other regions, human withdrawals for agriculture have subtracted enormous amounts of water mass from the Earth.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2018
The ratios have changed but not because we added units on the east side, but because we have subtracted units from the southwest side.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2015
This predilection for learning, and the time perforce given to its acquisition, must necessarily have subtracted from those hours which might otherwise have been bestowed on the lighter labours and beguiling occupations of the needle.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
